| fibrous astrocyte | medical dictionary |
<cell biology> Stellate astrocytic cell with long processes found mainly in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord and characterised by having bundles of glial filaments in its cytoplasm; origin of most astrocytomas.
(05 Mar 2000)
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