macroglialadj.
/maˈkrɒɡlɪəl/, /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈɡlʌɪəl/, U.S. /mæˈkrɑɡliəl/, /ˈˌmækrəˈɡlaɪəl/ Anatomy.
Of or relating to macroglia.
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1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Macroglia Macroglial.
1966 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 127 219/1 These methods, as developed by Ramon y Cajal ('13) and del Rio-Hortega ('19, '21), were directly responsible for the recognition of the macroglial and microglial components of neuroglia and of the astrocytes and oligodendrocytes which make up the macroglia.
1993 Jrnl. Neurocytol. 22 558 Four major stages of macroglial development were delineated: radial glia..; macroglial progenitors..; immature macroglia..; mature astrocytes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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