STAR-SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does star-shaped mean? 

• STAR-SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective STAR-SHAPED has 1 sense:

1. shaped like a star

  Familiarity information: STAR-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAR-SHAPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped like a star

Synonyms:

asteroid; star-shaped

Similar:

angular; angulate (having angles or an angular shape)

 Context examples 

A star-shaped cell in the liver associated with the development of fibrosis.

(Hepatic Stellate Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists thought that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes were steady, quiet supporters of their talkative, wire-like neighbors, called neurons.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)

Scientists have shown that the passage of molecules through the nucleus of a star-shaped brain cell, called an astrocyte, may play a critical role in health and disease.

(Scientists uncover nuclear process in the brain that may affect disease, NIH)

The scientists set out to understand how astrocytes, star-shaped cells found in mammals' brains, help neurons do their job.

(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)

A star-shaped, myofibroblast-like cell in the pancreas associated with tissue maintenance.

(Pancreatic Stellate Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A tumor that begins in the brain or spinal cord in small, star-shaped cells called astrocytes.

(Astrocytoma, NCI Dictionary)

Large star-shaped or pyramidal cells with a large oval nucleus and a small prominent nucleolus.

(Kupffer Cell, NCI Thesaurus)