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FIBROUS ASTROCYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrous astrocyte mean?
• FIBROUS ASTROCYTE (noun)
The noun FIBROUS ASTROCYTE has 1 sense:
1. star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
Familiarity information: FIBROUS ASTROCYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("fibrous astrocyte" is a kind of...):
astrocyte (comparatively large neuroglial cell)
Holonyms ("fibrous astrocyte" is a part of...):
substantia alba; white matter (whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths)
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