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enteroendocrine

enteroendocrine adjective: of or pertaining to the intestinal production of endocrine hormones.

Adjective

enteroendocrine (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the intestinal production of endocrine hormones.

Origin of enteroendocrine

From entero- + endocrine.

Questions about enteroendocrine

What does enteroendocrine mean?
Enteroendocrine means of or pertaining to the intestinal production of endocrine hormones.
What part of speech is enteroendocrine?
Enteroendocrine is an adjective.

Words near enteroendocrine in the dictionary

  1. enterocytes
  2. enterocytic
  3. enterodial
  4. enterodiol
  5. enterodynia
  6. enteroendocrine
  7. enteroenteral
  8. enteroenteric
  9. enteroenteropexy
  10. enteroenterostomies
  11. enteroenterostomy

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