Any apoptotic process in a glial cell, a non-neuronal cell of the nervous system. [ GOC:mtg_apoptosis http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000125 GOC:sart ]
Synonyms: apoptosis of glial cells programmed cell death, glial cells programmed cell death, glia programmed cell death of glial cells by apoptosis apoptosis of glia programmed cell death of glia by apoptosis glia programmed cell death by apoptosis glial cell programmed cell death by apoptosis glia apoptosis