neuroglian.

1860 F. Chance tr. R. Virchow Cellular Pathol. xiii. 277 That in all its properties it constitutes a tissue different from the other forms of connective tissue, has induced me to give it a new name, that of neuro-glia (nerve-cement).

1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 121 Round-celled sarcoma growing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of nerve.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 52 A mass of neuroglia or substantia reticularis lies immediately dorsal to the central canal.

1891 Quain's Elem. Anat. (ed. 10) I. ii. 323 The neuroglia is, in fact, composed of greatly ramified cells (glia-cells).

1943 O. S. Strong & A. Elwyn Human Neuroanat. iv. 43/1 Neuroglia in the broadest sense may be divided into the following types: (1) astroglia or macroglia, whose cells are known as astrocytes; (2) oligodendroglia; (3) microglia or mesoglia; (4) ependyma.

1968 Brain 91 730 Nearly 15 per cent of rat neuroglia were intermediate between astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

1998 Independent 18 May i. 16/3 Packed between the neurones are the glial cells. These make up the neuroglia.

2008 E. Wise in S. McCann & E. Wise Anat. Coloring Bk. (ed. 3) v. 107 The other neuroglia are located in the central nervous system.

1890 Cent. Dict. Neurogliac.

1890 Cent. Dict. Neurogliar.

1933 B. Gadelius Human Mentality xiv. 419 [They] assign to this plexus, in connection with the ependyma, and the neuroglic covering of the brain-vessels, the important task of protecting the functions of the completed brain.