Usually means: Star-shaped glial cells, support neurons.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. astrocytes: Merriam-Webster
  2. astrocytes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Astrocytes, astrocytes: Wordnik
  4. astrocytes: Wiktionary
  5. astrocytes: Dictionary.com
  6. Astrocytes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Astrocytes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Astrocytes: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. astrocytes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Astrocytes: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  6. astrocytes: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. astrocytes: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

(Note: See astrocyte as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (astrocyte)

noun:  (neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
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