Paracrine

//pæɹəkɹaɪn// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream not-comparable

Synonyms

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paracrinalparacrinal

Etymology

From para- + -crine, modelled on German parakrin.

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