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autocrine

autocrine adjective: of a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it.

Adjective

autocrine (not comparable)

  1. Of a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it.
    • Vasopressin could be an autocrine hormone in the olfactory epithelium.
    • Many scientific papers suggest an autocrine action of acetylcholin in the lung.

autocrine meaning in Tamil

autocrine in Tamil

தன் சுரப்பு

Synonyms of autocrine

Words formed from autocrine

Questions about autocrine

What does autocrine mean?
Autocrine means of a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it.
What is autocrine in Tamil?
Autocrine in Tamil is தன் சுரப்பு. See Autocrine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is autocrine?
Autocrine is an adjective.

Words near autocrine in the dictionary

  1. autocremations
  2. autocrime
  3. autocrimes
  4. autocrinal
  5. autocrinally
  6. autocrine
  7. autocrinely
  8. autocrinous
  9. autocrinously
  10. autocritical
  11. autocriticism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autocrine (page history and authors); autocrine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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