| astroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | Synonyms: macroglia |
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| glia | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: neuroglia |
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| macroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | Synonyms: astroglia |
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| microglia | (noun) neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic | - |
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| microgliacyte | (noun) a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue | - |
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| neuroglia | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: glia |
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| neurogliacyte | (noun) a cell of the neuroglia | Synonyms: glial cell, neuroglial cell |
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| oligodendroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers | Synonyms: oligodendria |
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| tagliatelle | (noun) pasta cut in narrow ribbons | - |
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