Medical Definition of Autocrine hypothesis

1. That tumour cells containing viral oncogenes may have encoded a growth factor, normally produced by other cell types, and thereby produce the factor autonomously, leading to uncontrolled proliferation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autocrine Hypothesis

autocracy
autocrat
autocratic
autocratical
autocratically
autocrator
autocratorical
autocrators
autocratrices
autocratrix
autocrats
autocrime
autocrimes
autocrine
autocrine communication
autocrine hypothesis (current term)
autocrine motility factor
autocritical
autocritique
autocritiques
autocross
autocrosses
autocue
autocues
autocycle
autocystoplasty
autocytolysin
autocytolysis
autocytotoxin

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