glia
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1. 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 (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | interstitial tissue, |
| definition | : | tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | astroglia, macroglia, |
| definition | : | tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | microglia, |
| definition | : | neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | oligodendria, oligodendroglia, |
| definition | : | tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers (noun.body) |
| substance meronym | : | glioma, |
| definition | : | a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | glial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to neuroglia (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | neuroglial, |
| definition | : | relating to or consisting of neuroglia (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | glial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to neuroglia (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | neuroglial, |
| definition | : | relating to or consisting of neuroglia (adj.pert) |
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