"delta cell" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: delta cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} delta cell (plural delta cells)
  1. A kind of somatostatin-producing cell found in the stomach, intestine, and islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Wikipedia link: delta cell
    Sense id: en-delta_cell-en-noun--Dp8tpHI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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