glia

Noun glia has 1 sense

• glia(n = noun.body) neuroglia - sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system;
is a kind of interstitial tissue
has parts: glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell
has particulars: astroglia, macroglia, microglia, oligodendria, oligodendroglia
is a part of central nervous system, cns, systema nervosum centrale
Derived form adjective glial₁