| stellate | Shaped like a star. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| stellate abscess | A star-shaped necrotic area surrounded by histiocytes, seen within swollen inguinal lymph nodes in lymphogranuloma venereum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate block | Injection of local anaesthetic solution in the vicinity of the stellate ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate breast lesions | <radiology> Scirrhous carcinoma (infiltrating ductal carcinoma), small (baby) scirrhous carcinoma, sclerosing ductal hyperplasia, traumatic fat necrosis, hyalinised fibroadenoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| stellate cataract | Congenital cataract with lens opacities radiating toward the periphery, with subcapsular and cortical changes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate cells of cerebral cortex | Small star-shaped cell's in the second and fourth layers of the cortex, and large stellate cell's in the deeper part of the third layer in the visual cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate cells of liver | Large star-shaped or pyramidal cells with a large oval nucleus and a small prominent nucleolus. These intensely phagocytic cells line the walls of the sinusoids of the liver and form a part of the reticuloendothelial system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stellate fracture | A fracture in which the lines of break radiate from a central point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate ganglion | A paravertebral sympathetic ganglion formed by the fusion of the inferior cervical and first thoracic ganglia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stellate hair | Hair split in several strands at the free end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate ligament | The radiate, stellate, or anterior costovertebral ligament connecting the head of each rib to the bodies of the two vertebrae with which it articulates. Synonym: ligamentum capitis costae radiatum, ligamentum radiatum, radiate ligament, stellate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate neuroretinitis | A unilateral neuroretinitis with perifoveal exudates in Henle's nerve fibre layer producing a macular star and spontaneous regression in a few months. Synonym: Leber's idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate reticulum | A network of epithelial cells disposed in a fluid-filled compartment in the centre of the enamel organ between the outer and inner enamel epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate skull fracture | A skull fracture with multiple linear fractures radiating from the site of impact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate veins | The star-shaped groups of venules in the renal cortex. Synonym: stellate veins, stellate venules, stellulae verheyenii, venae stellatae, Verheyen's stars. (05 Mar 2000) |