Definition of Paracrine

1. Adjective. Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream ¹

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Definition of Paracrine

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Paracrine

1. Form of signalling in which the target cell is close to the signal releasing cell. Neurotransmitters and neurohormones are usually considered to fall into this category. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paracrine

paraconic
paraconic acid
paraconid
paraconine
paraconsistency
paraconsistent
paracoquimbite
paracorolla
paracorollae
paracorollas
paracortex
paracosm
paracostibite
paracotylar
paracousis
paracrine (current term)
paracrine communication
paracrostic
paracrostics
paracrystal
paracrystalline
paracusia
paracusis
paracusis loci
paracyanogen
paracyclophane
paracyesis
paracymene
paracystic
paracystic pouch

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