Astrocyte

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A star-shaped cell, especially a neuroglial cell of nervous tissue.
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  • n. a neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In histology, a bone-cell or bone-corpuscle: so called on account of its starlike form.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. comparatively large neuroglial cell
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    neurogliacyte    neuroglial cell    glial cell   
     
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