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neuroglia vs astroglia

astroglia vs neuroglia

neuroglia and astroglia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neuroglia Yes No No No
astroglia Yes No No No
As nouns, astroglia is a hyponym of neuroglia; that is, astroglia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than neuroglia:
  • 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
  • astroglia: tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
Other hyponyms of neuroglia include macroglia, microglia, oligodendria, oligodendroglia.
neuroglia (noun) astroglia (noun)
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 tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
Difference between neuroglia and astroglia

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