BETA CELL
Dictionary entry overview: What does beta cell mean? • BETA CELL (noun)
The noun BETA CELL has 1 sense:
1. a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
Familiarity information: BETA CELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BETA CELL (noun)
Meaning:
A cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("beta cell" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
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