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Gliosis
Medical Definition: | The production of a dense fibrous network of neuroglia; includes astrocytosis, which is a proliferation of astrocytes in the area of a degenerative lesion. |
Also Called: | Astrocytosis |
Previously Indexed: | Neuroglia (1966-1968),appropriate heading/PA (1966-1968) |
Gliosis Medical Definitions and Terms
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