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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
2. 2
   comparatively large neuroglial cell wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

astrogliaastroglia

Etymology

From astro- + -cyte.

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