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Definition of Glial cell
1. Noun. A cell of the neuroglia.
Generic synonyms: Somatic Cell, Vegetative Cell
Group relationships: Glia, Neuroglia
Specialized synonyms: Astrocyte, Microgliacyte, Oligodendrocyte
Definition of Glial cell
1. Noun. (anatomy) A type of cell, in the nervous system, that provides support for the neurons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Glial cell
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Glial Cell
Literary usage of Glial cell
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 cultures
can be obtained. Greater success has been achieved in culturing components ..."
2. A Manual of histology by Henry Erdmann Radasch (1918)
"Like the nerve cells it is of ectodermal FIG. 99.-—SPIDER glial cell. ...
MOSSY glial cell IN RELATION WITH A CAPILLARY. ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Perivascular reaction with cytomegalic inclusion-bearing glial cell. H. & E.
x 650. Fig. 7. Cervical cord. Cytomegalic inclusion-bearing glial cell in area ..."
4. Review of Neurology and Psychiatry (1904)
"... than the nervous and Golgi nets, are distinctly seen, and it can be demonstrated
that they arise from the ramifications of the glial cell branches. ..."
5. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"This is accomplished by an infolding of the outer layer of the surface membrane
of the Schwann cell (or glial cell); by growth and lateral movement about ..."
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