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NEUROGLIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or consisting of neuroglia
Example:
neuroglial tissue
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
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)
Derivation:
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)
Context examples:
A small fusiform neuroglial cell arranged horizontally in the molecular layer of the cerebral cortex.
(Horizontal Cell of Cajal, NCI Thesaurus)
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