NEUROGLIAL CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuroglial cell mean? 

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

1. a cell of the neuroglia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROGLIAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell of the neuroglia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glial cell; neurogliacyte; neuroglial cell

Hypernyms ("neuroglial 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 "neuroglial 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 ("neuroglial 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 

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

(Murine Astrocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

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)

A small fusiform neuroglial cell arranged horizontally in the molecular layer of the cerebral cortex.

(Horizontal Cell of Cajal, 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)