satellitosis
noun
sat·el·lit·o·sis
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plural satellitoses\ -ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of satellitosis
: the usually abnormal clustering of one type of cell around another
especially
: the clustering of glial cells around neurons in the brain that is associated with certain pathological states (as oligodendroglioma)