microgliacyte

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1. a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue (noun.body)

hypernym	:	glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell,
definition	:	a cell of the neuroglia (noun.body)

part meronym	:	microglia,
definition	:	neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic (noun.body)