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Definition: Astrocyte |
AstrocyteNoun1. Comparatively large neuroglial cell. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Astrocyte |
| English words defined with "astrocyte": protoplasmic astrocyte. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Normally, astrocytes mount a vigorous inflammatory response to brain injuries, which includes increased levels of GFAP. The reported depression of GFAP levels may reflect impairment of astrocyte function and suggests that these cells may be the primary targets for aluminum neurotoxicity. (references) | |
Research has shown that overproduction of a protein called IL-1 by microglia is an integral part of the inflammatory response that has been reported in AD. Over-expression of IL-1 induces astrocyte activation that is associated with the conversion of beta-amyloid deposits into neuritic plaques and may have a role in increased synthesis and processing of APP. This self-perpetuating cycle may explain, in part, the progressive nature of AD, but these complex pathways need to be confirmed in other types of studies. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Astrocyte" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Astrocyte" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "astrocyte": fibrous astrocyte ♦ protoplasmic astrocyte. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
astrocyte kitou | 14 |
astrocyte | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "astrocyte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | astrocyt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | astrocyt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | astrocyte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Astrozyt, Sternzelle (stellate cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστροκύτταρο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | astrocito. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astrocyteay astrócito. (various references) astrocito. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "astrocyte": astrocytes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: cryostat, cytaster. | |
-2 letters: cattery, coaster, coaters, costate, cottars, cotters, rotates, scatter, sectary, testacy, toaster, yatters. | |
-3 letters: actors, carets, cartes, caster, castor, caters, coarse, coater, corset, costae, costar, coster, cottae, cottar, cottas, cotter, coyest, crates, creasy, escort, estray, oaters, octets, orates, ottars, otters, oyster, reacts, recast, rectos, rotate, rottes, scarey, scatty, scoter, scrota, sector. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: astrocytes, athrocytes. | |
+2 letters: countryseat, gastrectomy. | |
+3 letters: chrestomathy, countryseats, pterodactyls, spermatocyte, tracheostomy. | |
+4 letters: constellatory, contrastively, gesticulatory, hypothecators, obstetrically, oystercatcher, prostatectomy, spermatocytes, stereotypical, tracheophytes. | |
+5 letters: aeroelasticity, erythroblastic, hemacytometers, oystercatchers, presymptomatic, prosthetically, spermatophytic. | |
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