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NEUROGLIAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or consisting of neuroglia

Example:

neuroglial tissue

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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)

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 Context examples: 

A small fusiform neuroglial cell arranged horizontally in the molecular layer of the cerebral cortex.

(Horizontal Cell of Cajal, NCI Thesaurus)