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astroglia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-troglia
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- English glia English astroglia From astro- + glia.

Derived Forms

astroglial astrogliosis

Synonyms

astrocyte macroglia

Questions

What does astroglia mean?
The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord
Where does astroglia come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- English glia English astroglia From astro- + glia.

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