definitions

fibrous astrocyte

n.

A stellate cell with long processes found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord and characterized by bundles of fine filaments in its cytoplasm.

Nearby words

fibrositic headache, fibrositis, fibrothorax, fibrous, fibrous ankylosis, fibrous astrocyte, fibrous capsule, fibrous cortical defect, fibrous dysplasia of bone, fibrous goiter, fibrous joint
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