Medical Definition of Microglial cell
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Small glial cells of mesodermal origin, with scanty cytoplasm and small spiny processes. Distributed throughout grey and white matter. Derive from monocytes and invade neural tissue just before birth, capable of enlarging to become macrophages.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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