exocrine
pronunciation
How to pronounce exocrine in British English:
UK [ˈeksəʊkraɪn]
How to pronounce exocrine in American English:
US [ˈeksəkrɪn]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Besides producing insulin , the transformed exocrine cells looked like beta cells and ceased making proteins typical of exocrine cells .
- 2. They hitched the genes for these three factors onto a virus that infects another type of pancreatic cell , known as an exocrine cell .
- 3. They converted some of the exocrine cells into beta cells by introducing just three transcription factors molecules that switch genes on and off as cells develop .
- 4. In the experimental mice , the researchers targeted exocrine cells , which make up 95 per cent of the pancreas and turn out an array of digestive enzymes .