Neuroglia

The Student's Medical Dictionary · 1896 · p. 446

(nu-rogf-le-ah) [vevpov, nerve; yXia, glue]. The ti ue, probably of ectodermic origin, forming the basis of the supporting framework of the nervous ti ue of the cerebrospinal axis. It consists of peculiar cells, the glia-cells, having many fine branching proce es. 446