Usually means: Supportive, regulatory cells in brain.
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  1. astroglia: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (astroglia)

▸ noun:  The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord

Similar:
macroglia, astrocyte, glia, neuroglia, gliocyte, glial cell, macroglial cell, neurogliocyte, aldynoglia, glioblast, more...

Opposite:
neuron, nerve cell, glial cell

Types:
satellite cell, ependymal cell, müller cell, radial glia, oligodendrocyte, microglia, more...

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Similar:
macroglia, astrocyte, glia, neuroglia, gliocyte, glial cell, macroglial cell, neurogliocyte, aldynoglia, glioblast, more...

Opposite:
neuron, nerve cell, glial cell

Types:
satellite cell, ependymal cell, müller cell, radial glia, oligodendrocyte, microglia, more...



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