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nounsustentacular 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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- 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
- glioma a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia
- glia 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
- oligodendroglia tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
- neuroglial relating to or consisting of neuroglia
- macroglia tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
- spongioblast any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia
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- autonomic ganglion any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs