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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

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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