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astroglial

astroglial adjective: of or pertaining to the astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord.

Adjective

astroglial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord
    • Specifically, growing evidence indicates that there are several astroglial lineages, that there are regional differences in the patterns of gliogenesis within the CNS, that astrocytes from different brain regions have distinct properties (see Chapter 4), and that glial progenitors remain in the...2012, Gerard Meurant, Astrocytes: Pharmacology and Function, page 1

Origin of astroglial

From astroglia + -al.

Words formed from astroglial

Questions about astroglial

What does astroglial mean?
Astroglial means of or pertaining to the astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord.
What part of speech is astroglial?
Astroglial is an adjective.

Words near astroglial in the dictionary

  1. astrogeophysicists
  2. astrogeophysics
  3. astroglaciological
  4. astroglaciology
  5. astroglia
  6. astroglial
  7. astrogliogenesis
  8. astrogliogenic
  9. astroglioma
  10. astrogliomas
  11. astrogliomorphogenesis

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