fibrous astrocyte

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1. star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord (noun.body)

hypernym	:	astrocyte,
definition	:	comparatively large neuroglial cell (noun.body)

part meronym	:	substantia alba, white matter,
definition	:	whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths (noun.body)