Macroglia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various glial cells that are larger than microglia. uncountable
  2. 2
    tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells wordnet

Synonyms

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astrogliaastrogliamacroglial cellmacroglial cell

Etymology

From macro- + glia.

Related phrases

glial cell

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