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Synonyms radial, radiate


a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals.

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Excitatory connections between stellate and pyramidal cells caused bursts of spikes.
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Both stellate and basket cells form GABAergic synapses onto Purkinje cell dendrites.
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Contemporary stellate plans in northern India were all 32-pointed interrupted types.
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In contrast, no similar reduction was noted in thalamic excitation of stellate cells.
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A hyperpolarizing step function at start caused rebound spiking of five stellate cells.
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When called into action, stellate cells produce fibrotic proteins in an attempt to heal an injury.
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In stellate cells from normal mice, LXRs suppressed the inflammatory and fibrosis-promoting program.
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Establishment of immortalized human hepatic stellate scavenger cells to develop bioartificial livers.
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Female mice were injected in the pancreas with a female cancer cell line and male pancreatic stellate cells.
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More examples
  • Radial: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"
  • Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center
  • Star-like; when several similar parts spread out from a common center.
  • Star-shaped; with radiating branches.
  • Pertaining to a hair or other structure with three or more branches radiating in two or three dimensions from a common point. (see forked)
  • With free rays (e.g. Micrantholithus, Discoaster). Including rosette and star-shaped.
  • Literally 'star-shaped'. Refers to colonial forms of genera such as Asterionella and Tabellaria that are formed by several frustules united by mucus pads at one end to form a star-shaped colony.
  • An aggregate of crystals in a star-like arrangement.
  • Adjective, Latin stella = star.