stellate

IPA: stˈɛɫeɪt

noun

  • (cytology) Ellipsis of stellate cell.. [(cytology) Any cell that has radiating dendritic processes]

verb

  • (geometry) To extend the edges or planes of a polyhedron to form a new shape.

adjective

  • Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.
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Examples of "stellate" in Sentences

  • It's a stellate blowout evulsion.
  • Stellate masses tend to be chatoyant.
  • Hairs are common, and are most typically stellate.
  • Cortical spiny stellate cells are found in layer IV.
  • Fibroblasts were numerous and spindle or stellate shaped.
  • This indumentum is a mixture of simple and stellate hairs.
  • Belly often with a midventral row of enlarged stellate scales.
  • Compound of small stellated dodecahedron and great dodecahedron.
  • The stellate ganglion lies in front of the neck of the first rib.
  • It shares the vertex arrangement with the stellated truncated hexahedron.

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