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= neuroglia, n.; frequently attributive, as glia-tissue; glia cell n. any of the different kinds of cell in neuroglia.
(a) Biology a bacillus having the appearance of a small spider; (b) Anatomy one of the characteristic cells of the neuroglia, having numerous…
In various elliptical uses (see sense compounds 2). A spider-cell.
Any cell of the neuroglia.