astrocyte
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1. comparatively large neuroglial cell (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | fibrous astrocyte, |
| definition | : | star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | astroglia, macroglia, |
| definition | : | tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | astrocytic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | astrocytic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia (adj.pert) |
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