astroglial en · ADJ
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 English -al English astroglial From astroglia + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord
Specifically, growing evidence indicates that there are several astroglial lineages, that there are regional differences in the patterns of gliogenesis within the CNS, that astrocytes from different brain regions have distinct properties (see Chapter 4), and that glial progenitors remain in the adult mammalian CNS.
2012, Gerard Meurant, Astrocytes: Pharmacology and Function, page 1: