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Astrocyte vs Astroglia - What's the difference?

astrocyte | astroglia | Synonyms |

Astrocyte is a synonym of astroglia.


As nouns the difference between astrocyte and astroglia

is that astrocyte is (neurology) a neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain while astroglia is the group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.

astrocyte

English

Noun

(wikipedia astrocyte) (en noun)
  • (neurology) a neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain

    • astroglia

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord

    • Synonyms

    * astrocyte (for an individual cell)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "astroglia")