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NEUROGLIAL CELL

Dictionary entry overview: What does neuroglial cell mean?

• NEUROGLIAL CELL (noun)
The noun NEUROGLIAL CELL has 1 sense:

1. a cell of the neuroglia

Familiarity information: NEUROGLIAL CELL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NEUROGLIAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A cell of the neuroglia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glial cell; neurogliacyte; neuroglial cell

Hypernyms ("neuroglial cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neuroglial cell"):

astrocyte (comparatively large neuroglial cell)

microgliacyte (a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue)

oligodendrocyte (a cell of the oligodendroglia)

Holonyms ("neuroglial cell" is a part 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)

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