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enterocytic

enterocytic adjective: relating to or associated with enterocytes.

Adjective

enterocytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or associated with enterocytes
    • Correspondingly, increased endotoxin in portal system worsens tight junction dysfunction via decreasing intestinal occludin and claudin-1 expressions and increasing enterocytic apoptosis.2015 July 8, Tian-Yu Zhao et al., “IGF-1 decreases portal vein endotoxin via regulating intestinal tight junctions and plays a role in attenuating portal hypertension of cirrhotic rats”, in BMC...

Origin of enterocytic

From enterocyte + -ic.

Words formed from enterocytic

Questions about enterocytic

What does enterocytic mean?
Enterocytic means relating to or associated with enterocytes.
What part of speech is enterocytic?
Enterocytic is an adjective.

Words near enterocytic in the dictionary

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

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