n :  supporting tissue that is intermingled with the essential elements of nervous tissue esp. in the brain, spinal cord, and ganglia, is of ectodermal origin, and is composed of a network of fine fibrils and of flattened stellate cells with numerous radiating fibrillar processes - see MICROGLIA  neu*ro*gli*al adj 
 
     
 
Similar sounding terms:  neu·ro·coele 
 
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