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noun
The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: macroglia
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Broader terms: neuroglia, glia
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h2stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- English glia English astroglia From astro- + glia.
