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hepatocytes

hepatocytes is the plural of hepatocyte.

Meaning of hepatocyte

Noun

hepatocyte (plural hepatocytes)

  1. Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.

Questions about hepatocytes

What is hepatocytes the plural of?
Hepatocytes is the plural of hepatocyte.

Words near hepatocytes in the dictionary

  1. hepatocupreins
  2. hepatocystic
  3. hepatocystic triangle
  4. hepatocystic triangles
  5. hepatocyte
  6. hepatocytes
  7. hepatocytic
  8. hepatocytolysis
  9. hepatocytoma
  10. hepatocytomas
  11. hepatocytomegally

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