释义 |
neuroglia Anat.|njʊˈrɒglɪə| [f. neuro- + late Gr. γλία glue; named by Virchow.] The delicate connective tissue found in the great nerve-centres, and in the retina; the reticular or sustentacular tissue.
1873T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 121 Round-celled sarcoma growing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of nerve. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 52 A mass of neuroglia or substantia reticularis lies immediately dorsal to the central canal. attrib.1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 699 The small neuroglia corpuscles or cells. 1899Ibid. VII. 172 A thick cluster of neuroglia fibres. Hence neuˈrogliac, -ial, -iar, -ic adjs.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1892in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 33 The excess of neuroglial connective tissue... The neuroglial cells with radiating processes. |