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enterocyte

enterocyte noun: a cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.

Noun

enterocyte (plural enterocytes)

  1. A cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.
    • ISCs signal to their daughters by Delta-Notch signaling to specify enterocyte versus enteroendocrine cell fate, but the pathway must remain inactive in the ISCs themselves to avoid differentiation.2009 January 9, Michael Buszczak et al., “Drosophila Stem Cells Share a Common Requirement for the Histone H2B Ubiquitin Protease Scrawny”, in Science, volume 323, number 5911

Forms of enterocyte

pluralenterocytes

Origin of enterocyte

From entero- + -cyte.

Words formed from enterocyte

Questions about enterocyte

What does enterocyte mean?
Enterocyte means a cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.
What part of speech is enterocyte?
Enterocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of enterocyte?
The plural of enterocyte is enterocytes.

Words near enterocyte in the dictionary

  1. enterocystomas
  2. enterocystomata
  3. enterocystoplasties
  4. enterocystoplasty
  5. enterocysts
  6. enterocyte
  7. enterocytes
  8. enterocytic
  9. enterodial
  10. enterodiol
  11. enterodynia

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