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neuroglia vs microglia

microglia vs neuroglia

neuroglia and microglia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neuroglia Yes No No No
microglia Yes No No No
As nouns, microglia is a hyponym of neuroglia; that is, microglia 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
  • microglia: neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic
Other hyponyms of neuroglia include astroglia, macroglia, oligodendria, oligodendroglia.
neuroglia (noun) microglia (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 neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic
Difference between neuroglia and microglia

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