amphicrine

English

Etymology

amphi- +‎ crine

Adjective

amphicrine (not comparable)

  1. Having both endocrine and exocrine characteristics
    • 2015 October 16, “Gedunin and Azadiradione: Human Pancreatic Alpha-Amylase Inhibiting Limonoids from Neem (Azadirachta indica) as Anti-Diabetic Agents”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      The cell line is an amphicrine model with exocrine and endocrine functions and is characterized by the presence of digestive enzyme-containing dense core vesicles [12].
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