mi·cro·gli·a (m  kr -gl   , -gl-)n. (used with a pl. verb) Any of the small neuroglial cells of the central nervous system having long processes and amoeboid and phagocytic activity at sites of neural damage or inflammation. |
microglia [ˌmaɪkrəʊˈglɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) one of the two types of non-nervous tissue (glia) found in the central nervous system, having macrophage activity Compare macroglia
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| Noun | 1. |  microglia - neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocyticglia, 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 microgliacyte - a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue |
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