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neuroglia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neuroglia  \Neu*rog"li*a\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  gr  ?  ligament  +  ?  glue.] 
  (Anat.) 
  The  delicate  connective  tissue  framework  which  supports  the 
  nervous  matter  and  blood  vessels  of  the  brain  and  spinal 
  cord. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  neuroglia 
  n  :  sustentactular  tissue  that  surrounds  and  supports  neurons  in 
  the  central  nervous  system;  glial  and  neural  cells 
  together  compose  the  tissue  of  the  central  nervous  system 
  [syn:  {glia}] 




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