NEUROGLIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuroglial mean? 

• NEUROGLIAL (adjective)
  The adjective NEUROGLIAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or consisting of neuroglia

  Familiarity information: NEUROGLIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROGLIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or consisting of neuroglia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

neuroglial tissue

Pertainym:

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)

Derivation:

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 

A class of neuroglial (macroglial) cells in the central nervous system.

(Murine Oligodendroglia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A neuroglial tumor that arises from the brain stem.

(Brain stem glioma, NCI Thesaurus)

The largest and most numerous neuroglial cells in the brain and spinal cord.

(Murine Astrocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A neuroglial tumor that arises from the middle portion of the brain stem.

(Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A well-differentiated (WHO grade II), diffusely infiltrating neuroglial tumor, typically located in the cerebral hemispheres.

(Oligodendroglioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Neuroglial CNS cells of ectodermal origin characterized by fibrous, protoplasmic, or plasmatofibrous processes.

(Murine Astrocytes, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

The superficial layer of the cerebral cortex, containing nerve fibers, neuroglial cells, and occasional horizontal cells of Cajal.

(Molecular Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroglial cell of ectodermic origin having long, thin, infrequently branched cytoplasmic processes containing numerous fibrillar structures.

(Fibrous Astrocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons.

(Murine Schwann Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuroglial cells of ectodermal origin whose processes form the myelin sheath around neuronal axons of the CNS.

(Murine Oligodendroglia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)