glial cell
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1. a cell of the neuroglia (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | somatic cell, vegetative cell, |
| definition | : | any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | astrocyte, |
| definition | : | comparatively large neuroglial cell (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | microgliacyte, |
| definition | : | a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | oligodendrocyte, |
| definition | : | a cell of the oligodendroglia (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | glia, neuroglia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
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