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alpha cells

alpha cells is the plural of alpha cell.

Meaning of alpha cell

Noun

alpha cell (plural alpha cells)

  1. An acidophil of the adenohypophysis.
  2. An endocrine cell, located in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, that synthesizes and secretes glucagon.

Questions about alpha cells

What is alpha cells the plural of?
Alpha cells is the plural of alpha cell.

Words near alpha cells in the dictionary

  1. alpha carbon
  2. alpha carbons
  3. Alpha Carinae
  4. Alpha Cassiopeiae
  5. alpha cell
  6. alpha cells
  7. Alpha Cen
  8. Alpha Centauri
  9. Alpha Centauri A
  10. Alpha Centauri B
  11. Alpha Centauri C

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