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adj
Of or pertaining to the astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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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 English -al English astroglial From astroglia + -al.
