glial cell

glial cell

n.

Any of the cells making up the neuroglia, especially the astrocytes, oligodendroglia, and microglia.

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glial cell  (gll, gll)

Any of the cells making up the glia, such as the star-shaped cells called astrocytes.

Thesaurus

Noun

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glial cell - a cell of the neuroglia neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell somatic cell, vegetative cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"; glia, neuroglia - 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 astrocyte - comparatively large neuroglial cell microgliacyte - a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue oligodendrocyte - a cell of the oligodendroglia