| astroite | A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone. Alternative forms: astrite and astrion. Origin: L. Astroites: cf. F. Astroite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| astrokinetic | Relating to movement of the centrosome and astrosphere of a dividing cell. Origin: G. Astron, star, + kinesis, movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| astrolabe | 1. <astronomy> An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused. Among the ancients, it was essentially the armillary sphere. A graduated circle with sights, for taking altitudes at sea, was called an astrolabe in the 18th century. It is now superseded by the quadrant and sextant. 2. A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere. Origin: OE. Astrolabie, astrilabe, OF. Astrelabe, F. Astrolabe, LL. Astrolabium, fr. Gr.; star +, to take. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astrolithology | <study> The science of aerolites. (04 Mar 1998) |
| astrologer | 1. One who studies the stars; an astronomer. 2. One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars. See: Astrology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astrological | Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." . "Astrological prognostication." . Astrolog"ically. Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astrologize | To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astrology | <study> In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects. Astrology was much in vogue during the Middle Ages, and became the parent of modern astronomy, as alchemy did of chemistry. It was divided into two kinds: judicial astrology, which assumed to foretell the fate and acts of nations and individuals, and natural astrology, which undertook to predict events of inanimate nature, such as changes of the weather, etc. Origin: F. Astrologie, L. Astrologia, fr. Gr, fr. Astronomer, astrologer; star + discourse, to speak. See Star. (04 Mar 1998) |
| astromantic | Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. Origin: Gr. Astrology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astrometeorology | <study> The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. Astrometeorological, Astrometeorologist. (04 Mar 1998) |
| astronauts | Members of spacecraft crew including those who travel in space, and those in training for space flight. (12 Dec 1998) |
| astronomer | 1. An astrologer. 2. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena. "An undevout astronomer is mad." (Young) See: Astronomy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astronomical | Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. Astronom"ically, Astronomical clock. See Clock. Astronomical day. See Day. Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See Sexagesimal. Origin: L. Astronomicus, Gr., cf. F. Astronomique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astronomize | To study or to talk astronomy. "They astronomized in caves." (Sir T. Browne) Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| astronomy | 1. Astrology. "Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy." (Shak) 2. The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena. 3. A treatise on, or text-book of, the science. Physical astronomy. See Physical. Origin: OE. Astronomie, F. Astronomie, L. Astronomia, fr. Gr, fr. Astronomer; star + to distribute, regulate. See Star, and Nomad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| astrocyte |
Star-shaped glial cells which provide the necessary chemical and physical environment for nerve regeneration.
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| astrocyte |
A type of glial cell that provides nutrients, support, and insulation for neurons of the central nervous system.
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| astrocyte |
glial cell in CNS, forms blood-brain barrier. (More? Neural Notes)
출처: embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Notes/Index/A.htm
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| astrocytomas |
Tumors that are composed of brain cells called astrocytes. The different kinds of astrocytomas are identified by the way the cancer cells look under a microscope.
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| astrocytoma |
(as-tro-sye-TOE-ma) A tumor that begins in the brain or spinal cord in small, star-shaped cells called astrocytes.
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| ASTRO | relating to or concerned with astrology |
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| ASTRO | someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
| ASTRO | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
| ASTRO | evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania |
| ASTRO | small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries |
| ASTRO | the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies |
| ASTRO | a person trained to travel in a spacecraft |
| ASTRO | of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics |
| ASTRO | of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics |
| ASTRO | the theory and practice of navigation through air or space |
| ASTRO | navigating according to the positions of the stars |
| ASTRO | a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae |