macroglia
/maˈkrɒɡlɪə/ /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈɡlʌɪə/Histology
noun
Relatively large neuroglial cells derived from the neural plate, especially astrocytes and oligodendrocytes; a tissue composed of such cells. Usually treated as plural.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Brain: a journal of neurology. From macro- + glia, after Spanish macroglía, itself probably after neuroglia.
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