astroglia vs glia
glia vs astrogliaastroglia and glia both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| astroglia | Yes | No | No | No |
| glia | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
glia is a hypernym of
astroglia; that is, glia is a
word with a broader meaning than astroglia:
- astroglia: tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
- glia: 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
Other hypernyms of astroglia include
neuroglia.
| astroglia (noun) | glia (noun) |
|---|---|
| tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells | 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 |
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