Medical Definition of Reactive astrocyte
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| A round to oval astrocyte cell with abundant cytoplasm containing glial filaments and an eccentric nucleus; may contain two nuclei in the cell hypertrophy of astrocytes.
Synonym: gemistocyte, gemistocytic cell, reactive astrocyte, reactive cell.
(05 Mar 2000)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Reactive Astrocyte
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