Pheochromocyte

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chromaffin cell.

    "It should be noted that the PC12 cell line is derived from electrically inexcitable pheochromocytes."

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"It should be noted that the PC12 cell line is derived from electrically inexcitable pheochromocytes."

Etymology

From pheochrome + -o- + -cyte.

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