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MACROGLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does macroglia mean?
• MACROGLIA (noun)
The noun MACROGLIA has 1 sense:
1. tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
Familiarity information: MACROGLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
astroglia; macroglia
Hypernyms ("macroglia" is a kind of...):
glia; 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)
Meronyms (parts of "macroglia"):
astrocyte (comparatively large neuroglial cell)
Context examples
They are divided into macroglia (ASTROCYTES, OLIGODENDROGLIA, and SCHWANN CELLS) and MICROGLIA.
(Murine Neuroglia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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