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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

as•tro•cyte n. [Cell Biol.]

a star-shaped neuroglial cell of ectodermal origin.

1895–1900; astro- + -cyte

as•tro•cyt•ic adj.

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