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ionocyte

ionocyte noun: a specialized epithelial cell, involved in the maintenance of osmotic homeostasis, that has many ion transporters.

Noun

ionocyte (plural ionocytes)

  1. A specialized epithelial cell, involved in the maintenance of osmotic homeostasis, that has many ion transporters

Forms of ionocyte

pluralionocytes

Questions about ionocyte

What does ionocyte mean?
Ionocyte means a specialized epithelial cell, involved in the maintenance of osmotic homeostasis, that has many ion transporters.
What part of speech is ionocyte?
Ionocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of ionocyte?
The plural of ionocyte is ionocytes.

Words near ionocyte in the dictionary

  1. ionocalorics
  2. ionocovalence
  3. ionocovalent
  4. ionocraft
  5. ionocrafts
  6. ionocyte
  7. ionocytes
  8. ionofore
  9. ionogel
  10. ionogels
  11. ionogen

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