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Glial Cell

Definition: Glial Cell

Glial Cell

Noun

1. A cell of the neuroglia.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Glial Cell

Synonyms: neurogliacyte (n), neuroglial cell (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: glial (medicine).

Non-Fiction Usage: Glial Cell

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In the CNS, oligodendrocytes, a type of glial cell, wrap myelin around axons. (references)
		One type of glial cell, the oligodendrocyte, creates the myelin sheaths that insulate axons and improve the speed and reliability of nerve signal transmission. (references)
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Expression: Glial Cell

Expression using "glial cell": olfactory ensheathing glial cell. Additional references.
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Modern Translation: Glial Cell

Language		Translations for "glial cell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		glia-celle. (various references)

Dutch		gliacel. (various references)

French		cellule gliale. (various references)

German		Gliazelle. (various references)

Italian		cellula gliale. (various references)

Pig Latin		ialglay ellcay.(various references)

Spanish		célula glial. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Glial Cell

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-l-l"
	-2 letters: allelic, illegal.
	-3 letters: gallic.
	-4 letters: agile, cella, celli, glace, glial, ileac, ileal, legal, lilac.
	-5 letters: alec, cage, call, ceil, cell, clag, egal, gale, gall, gill, glia, ilea, lace, laic, lall, leal, lice.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-l-l"
	+2 letters: collegially.
	+4 letters: allegorically.
	+5 letters: legalistically, teleologically, vexillological.
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