English noun: neuroglia | |||
1. | neuroglia (body) 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 | ||
Synonyms | glia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | interstitial tissue | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | astroglia, macroglia, microglia, oligodendria, oligodendroglia | ||
Part holonym | glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell | ||
Part meronym | central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale | ||
Substance meronym | glioma | ||