astroblast Anat.
(ˈæstrəʊblɑːst, -æ-)
[f. astro- + -blast.]
A primitive cell that develops into an astrocyte.
| 1901 in Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2). 1940 Gladstone & Wakeley Pineal Organ xxv. 382 Section through the spinal cord of a..chick embryo..b. supportive spongioblast, c. astroblast, or displaced epithelial cells. |