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neuroglia vs oligodendroglia

oligodendroglia vs neuroglia

neuroglia and oligodendroglia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neuroglia Yes No No No
oligodendroglia Yes No No No
As nouns, oligodendroglia is a hyponym of neuroglia; that is, oligodendroglia 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
  • oligodendroglia: tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Other hyponyms of neuroglia include astroglia, macroglia, microglia, oligodendria.
neuroglia (noun) oligodendroglia (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 glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Difference between neuroglia and oligodendroglia

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