Definition of Glial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to neuroglia.

Partainyms: Glia
Derivative terms: Glia

Definition of Glial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to glia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glial

1. pertaining to the supporting tissue of the central nervous system [adj]

Medical Definition of Glial

1. Pertaining to glia or neuroglia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glial

glew
glews
gley
gleyed
gleying
gleyings
gleys
glhf
glia
gliacyte
gliadin
gliadine
gliadines
gliadins
gliadorphin
glial (current term)
glial cell
glial cells
glial fibrillary acidic protein
glial filament
glial limiting membrane
glialike
glias
glib
glib-tongued
glibbed
glibber
glibbery
glibbest
glibbing

Literary usage of Glial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"glial cell cultures offer a broader window of age from which successful ... Neuronal cultures differ dramatically in the composition of glial cells, ..."

2. A Manual of histology by Henry Erdmann Radasch (1918)
"The neuroglia, or glial substance, is the peculiar supportive tissue of the nerve system. Like the nerve cells it is of ectodermal FIG. 99. ..."

3. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"(E8) The glial cells are regularly aligned. ... A - Defasciculation of RGCs in the cortical plate via gradual neuronal saturation, glial dilution, ..."

4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"or the fractionation of neural and glial elements, are of some use in controlling for these difficult problems, but require major research efforts in ..."

5. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"In hippocampal experiment in which glial-enriched cultured hippocampal cells (Mitchell cells by using a conditioned-medium cells cultured in the presence of ..."

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