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English noun: glia | |||
| 1. | glia (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 | neuroglia | ||
| 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 | ||
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