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amphicrine

amphicrine adjective: having both endocrine and exocrine characteristics.

Adjective

amphicrine (not comparable)

  1. Having both endocrine and exocrine characteristics
    • The cell line is an amphicrine model with exocrine and endocrine functions and is characterized by the presence of digestive enzyme-containing dense core vesicles [12].2015 October 16, “Gedunin and Azadiradione: Human Pancreatic Alpha-Amylase Inhibiting Limonoids from Neem (Azadirachta indica) as Anti-Diabetic Agents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of amphicrine

From amphi- + crine.

Questions about amphicrine

What does amphicrine mean?
Amphicrine means having both endocrine and exocrine characteristics.
What part of speech is amphicrine?
Amphicrine is an adjective.

Words near amphicrine in the dictionary

  1. amphicoely
  2. amphicontinental
  3. amphicoronate
  4. amphicrania
  5. amphicribral
  6. amphicrine
  7. amphictyon
  8. amphictyonic
  9. amphictyonies
  10. amphictyons
  11. amphictyony

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