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Definition of "astrocyte" []

  • A star-shaped cell, especially a neuroglial cell of nervous tissue. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "astrocyte" in a sentence
  • "Top, bar graph reporting the mean size of the labelled astrocyte syncytium ("
  • "(A) Maximal projection of a Texas Red-labelled astrocyte syncytium after patching a single astrocyte with a Texas Red-containing pipette in an EC slice."
  • "The GRPs the scientists used began life as what's called astrocyte progenitor cells from healthy rat spinal cord tissue."