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Meaning of autocrine | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Français autocrine

Examples

“Vasopressin could be an autocrine hormone in the olfactory epithelium.”
“Many scientific papers suggest⟳ an autocrine action of acetylcholin in the lung.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

autocrinous autocritical autocrosslinked autocued autocyclic autocytolytic

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