glia

gli·a  (gl, gl)

n.

See neuroglia.

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[Short for neuroglia.]

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glial (gll, gll) adj.

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glia [ˈgliːə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the delicate web of connective tissue that surrounds and supports nerve cells Also called neuroglia

glial  adj

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glia  (gl, gl)

The delicate network of branched cells and fibers that supports the tissue of the central nervous system.

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glial adjective

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glia - sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system neuroglia interstitial tissue - tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell - a cell of the neuroglia astroglia, macroglia - tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells microglia - neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic oligodendria, oligodendroglia - tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale - the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord glioma - a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia