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astrocytes

astrocytes is the plural of astrocyte.

Meaning of astrocyte

Noun

astrocyte (plural astrocytes)

  1. A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain, which forms the blood-brain barrier, among other functions.

Questions about astrocytes

What is astrocytes the plural of?
Astrocytes is the plural of astrocyte.

Words near astrocytes in the dictionary

  1. astrocoeniids
  2. astrocompass
  3. astrocompasses
  4. astrocosmic
  5. astrocyte
  6. astrocytes
  7. astrocytic
  8. astrocytical
  9. astrocytically
  10. astrocytin
  11. astrocytogenesis

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