PARACRINE


Meaning of PARACRINE in English

[ 'parəkrʌɪn ]

■ adjective Physiology relating to or denoting a regulatory cell which secretes a chemical signal that is rapidly taken up by a nearby cell.

Origin

1970s: from para- 1 + krinein 'to separate'.

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