Associations to the word «Glia»

Wiktionary

GLIA, noun. The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.

Dictionary definition

GLIA, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats