GLIAL CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glial cell mean? 

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

1. a cell of the neuroglia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLIAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell of the neuroglia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glial cell; neurogliacyte; neuroglial cell

Hypernyms ("glial 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 "glial 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 ("glial 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)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor protein, is involved in both the survival and differentiation of dopaminergic neurons and in apoptotic motor neuron protection induced by axotomy.

(GDNF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding referring to the presence of multiple foci of serpentine necrosis and glial cell perivascular pseudopalisading in a glioma.

(Multiple Serpentine Pseudopalisading Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples of glial cells include astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

(Neural stem cell, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This system, managed by the brain’s glial cells, was termed the glymphatic system.

(Lymphatic Vessels Discovered in Central Nervous System, NIH)

Glial cell derived neurotrophic factor enhances the survival and morphological differentiation of dopaminergic neurons and increases their uptake of dopamine.

(Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A cancer of the brain that begins in glial cells (cells that surround and support nerve cells).

(Glioma, NCI Dictionary)

Glial Cell Proliferation involves multiplication or reproduction through cell division of various types of glial cells, neural supportive cells in the central and peripheral nervous systems.

(Glial Cell Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of glial cell.

(Ependymal cell, NCI Dictionary)

It is considered to be a type of glial cell.

(Ependymal cell, NCI Thesaurus)

It is made up of a type of glial cell called an ependymal cell.

(Ependyma, NCI Dictionary)