astrocyte

English

Etymology

astro- +‎ -cyte

Noun

astrocyte (plural astrocytes)

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

Derived terms

• astrocytic
• astrocytical
• astrocytin
• astrocytogenesis
• astrocytoma
• astrocytopathy
• astrocytosis
• neuroastrocyte

 

Translations

neuroglial cell in the shape of a star

• Armenian: աստրոցիտ (astrocʻit)
• Catalan: astròcit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 星狀細胞／星状细胞 (xīngzhuàng xìbāo), 星形膠質細胞／星形胶质细胞 (xīngxíng jiāozhì xìbāo)

• Czech: astrocyt (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: astrosyytti, tähtisolu
• French: astrocyte (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Astrozyt m
• Hindi: तारिकाणु (tārikāṇu)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: astrocito (io)
• Italian: astrocita (it) m
• Japanese: 星状膠細胞 (せいじょうこうさいぼう, seijōkōsaibō), アストロサイト (asutorosaito)
• Kazakh: астроцит (astrosit)
• Korean: 성상 교 세포(星狀膠細胞) (seongsang gyo sepo), 별 아교 세포 (byeol agyo sepo)
• Kyrgyz: астроцит (astrotsit)
• Lithuanian: astrocitas m
• Nepali: तारिकाणु (tārikāṇu)
• Polish: astrocyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: astrócito m
• Romanian: astrocit n
• Russian: астроци́т (ru) m (astrocít)
• Slovene: astrocit m
• Spanish: astrocito (es) m
• Swedish: astrocyt (sv) c