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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: neuroglia, glia]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glia
    n 1: 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 [syn:
         neuroglia, glia]