paracrine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream

/pæɹəkɹaɪn/ /pæɹəkɹɪn/

paracrine

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

paracrinal

neurocrine paracriny

juxtaparacrine neuroparacrine

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