neuroglia Anat.
(njʊˈrɒglɪə)
[f. neuro- + late Gr. γλία glue; named by Virchow.]
The delicate connective tissue found in the great nerve-centres, and in the retina; the reticular or sustentacular tissue.
| 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 121 Round-celled sarcoma growing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of nerve. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 52 A mass of neuroglia or substantia reticularis lies immediately dorsal to the central canal. |
| attrib. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 699 The small neuroglia corpuscles or cells. 1899 Ibid. VII. 172 A thick cluster of neuroglia fibres. |
Hence
neuˈrogliac, -ial, -iar, -ic adjs.| 1890 in Cent. Dict. 1892 in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 33 The excess of neuroglial connective tissue... The neuroglial cells with radiating processes. |