Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
Similar
Broader
interstitial tissue
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
- Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
- Englishneuro-
- Englishglia
- Englishneuroglia
Translations
Finnish hermotukikudos
- hermotukikudoscytology: glial cell
French névroglie
- névrogliecytology: glial cell
German Neuroglia
- Neurogliacytology: glial cell
Greek νευρογλοία
- νευρογλοία (nevrogloía)cytology: glial cell
Irish néaraiglia
- néaraigliacytology: glial cell
Italian nevroglia
- nevrogliacytology: glial cell
Japanese 神経膠細胞
- 神経膠細胞 (shinkeikōsaibō)cytology: glial cell
Persian نوروگلیا
- نوروگلیاcytology: glial cell
Polish glej, komórka glejowa
- glejcytology: glial cell
- komórka glejowacytology: glial cell
Portuguese nevróglia, neuróglia
- nevrógliacytology: glial cell
- neurógliacytology: glial cell
Russian нейроглия, невроглия
- нейроглия (nejroglija)cytology: glial cell
- невроглия (nevroglija)cytology: glial cell
Spanish neuroglia
- neurogliacytology: glial cell
Cite this entry
APA
neuroglia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuroglia
MLA
“neuroglia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuroglia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neuroglia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neuroglia.
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