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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 neu·ro·glia /nʊˈrogliə, njʊ, ˈrɑ; ˌn(j)ʊrəˈgliə, ˈglaɪ-/
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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 neu·ro·glia /n(j)ʊˈroglɪə, ˈrɑglɪə; ˌn(j)ʊrəˈglɪə, ˈglaɪ-/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Neu·rog·li·a n.  Anat. The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord; called also Kölliker's reticulum.  It is composed of cells which are not neurons.   Once thought to serve merely a supporting funciton, they are now believed to have important metablolic functions.  Among them are the astrocytes, ependymal cells, oligodendroglia cells, and microglia cells. --Stedman.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 neuroglia
      n : 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: glia]