fibrillary astrocyte
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fi·bril·lar·y as·tro·cyte
, fibrous astrocytestellate astrocytic cell with long processes found mainly in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord and characterized by having bundles of glial filaments in its cytoplasm; origin of most astrocytomas.
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fi·bril·lar·y as·tro·cyte
, fibrous astrocyte (fī'bri-lar-ē as'trō-sīt, fī'brŭs)A stellate astrocytic cell with long processes found mainly in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord and characterized by having bundles of glial filaments in its cytoplasm; origin of most astrocytomas.
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