Star

I. A celestial body appearing as a luminous point. 2. In biology, applied to various radiate structures, granules, cells, groups of ceils, or organisms. S. Anise. See Illicium . S.cells, endothelial cells of ve els, first described by Kupffer and regarded as nervous elements on account of their shape and thin, elongated proce es, but afterward shown to belong to the endothelial ti ues; they have the power of enclosing various granules; Kupffer's cells. S., Daughter. See Diaster . S. Gra . See Aletris . S. -ridges. See Sclerosepta. Ss. of Verheyen. See Verheyen .