(fandom slang) A genre of fan fiction in which a character receives comfort from another after or while suffering injury, illness, or a traumatic experience.

Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated. / Marked with star-like spots of colour.

The act of breaking a problem down into components which can be solved independently before being joined back together to obtain a solution to the whole problem.

(anatomy) An area of the cerebral cortex on the medial surface of each cerebral hemisphere