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astrocyte

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

comparatively large neuroglial cell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell, glial cell

Narrower terms: fibrous astrocyte, protoplasmic astrocyte

History

Etymology

From astro- + -cyte.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աստրոցիտ (astrocʻit) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Catalan: astròcit — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星狀細胞 /星状细胞 (xīngzhuàng xìbāo) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星形膠質細胞 /星形胶质细胞 (xīngxíng jiāozhì xìbāo) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Czech: astrocyt — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Finnish: astrosyytti — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Finnish: tähtisolu — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • French: astrocyte — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • German: Astrozyt — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Hindi: तारिकाणु (tārikāṇu) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Hungarian: asztrocita — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Ido: astrocito — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Italian: astrocita — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Japanese: 星状膠細胞 (seijōkōsaibō) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Japanese: アストロサイト (asutorosaito) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Kazakh: астроцит (astrosit) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Korean: 성상 교 세포 (seongsang gyo sepo) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Korean: 별 아교 세포 (byeol agyo sepo) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Kyrgyz: астроцит (astrotsit) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Lithuanian: astrocitas — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Nepali: तारिकाणु (tārikāṇu) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Polish: astrocyt — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Portuguese: astrócito — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Romanian: astrocit — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Russian: астроци́т (astrocít) — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Slovene: astrocit — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Spanish: astrocito — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star
  • Swedish: astrocyt — neuroglial cell in the shape of a star