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neuroglia vs macroglia

macroglia vs neuroglia

neuroglia and macroglia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neuroglia Yes No No No
macroglia Yes No No No
As nouns, macroglia is a hyponym of neuroglia; that is, macroglia 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
  • macroglia: tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
Other hyponyms of neuroglia include astroglia, microglia, oligodendria, oligodendroglia.
neuroglia (noun) macroglia (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 macroglia

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