STELLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stellate mean? 

• STELLATE (adjective)
  The adjective STELLATE has 1 sense:

1. arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

  Familiarity information: STELLATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STELLATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

Synonyms:

radial; radiate; stellate

Context example:

many cities show a radial pattern of main highways

Similar:

symmetric; symmetrical (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of stellate cells, myxoid stroma formation, and prominent collagen.

(Odontogenic Myxofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign soft tissue neoplasm characterized by the presence of spindle and stellate cells, lobulated growth pattern, and myxoid stroma formation.

(Myxoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of stellate cells and abundant myxoid stroma formation.

(Odontogenic Myxoma, NCI Thesaurus)

When pancreatic stellate cells are activated in response to an injury, they proliferate and synthesize large amounts of extracellular matrix.

(Pancreatic Stellate Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign tumor of the liver composed of hepatic stellate cells.

(Benign Ito Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant tumor of the liver composed of hepatic stellate cells.

(Ito Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The gross appearance is usually typical with an irregular stellate outline.

(Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped or stellate chondrocytes, a lobulated growth pattern, myxoid stroma formation, and sometimes multinucleated giant cells.

(Chondromyxoid Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

When stellate cells are activated in response to an injury, they proliferate and synthesize large amounts of extracellular matrix which results in deposition of scar or fibrous tissue.

(Hepatic Stellate Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign soft tissue neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic spindle and stellate cells in a myxoid stroma.

(Angiomyxoma, NCI Thesaurus)