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Astral vs Antral - What's the difference?

astral | antral |

As adjectives the difference between astral and antral

is that astral is relating to or resembling the stars; starry while antral is (biology) of or pertaining to an antrum.

astral

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
  • * Dryden
    • Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer.
  • (parapsychology, theosophy) Relating to a supposed supersensible substance taking the form of an aura discernible to certain gifted individuals.

    • Synonyms

    * (relating to stars) starly

    Derived terms

    * astral body * astrally * astral projection

    Related terms

    * astrologist * astrology * astronomer * astronomical * astronomically * astronomy * astrometry * astrophysics

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    antral

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Of or pertaining to an antrum.
  • * {{quote-book, title=Internal Medicine, author=Jay H. Stein, year=1998 citation
    • , passage=Antral gastritis may be graded as mild, moderate, or severe on the basis of an evaluation of the degree of obliteration of the pyloric glands, the degreee of infiltration of the lamina propria by inflammatory cells, and the presence and extent of intestinal metaplasia.}}
  • * {{quote-book, title=Laboratory Production of Cattle Embryos, author=Ian R. Gordon, year=2003 citation
    • , passage=In sheep and cattle, it takes about 40 days for an early antral follicle (diameter 0.20-0.25 mm) to reach the preovulary stage.}}