Usually means: Brain's immune cells, support neurons.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word microglia:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. microglia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. microglia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. microglia: Collins English Dictionary
  4. microglia: Vocabulary.com
  5. microglia: Wordnik
  6. microglia: Wiktionary
  7. microglia: Dictionary.com
  8. Microglia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. microglia: Rhymezone
  10. microglia: FreeDictionary.org
  11. microglia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. microglia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. microglia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. microglia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Microglia: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  7. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  8. microglia: Medical dictionary

(Note: See microglias as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (microglia)

noun:  (biology) The glial cells of the immune system; they can function as phagocytes

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