Usually means: Pancreatic cells producing insulin, glucagon.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (islets of Langerhans)

▸ noun:  (anatomy, biology) Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells.

Similar:
islands of langerhans, beta cell, islet, pseudoislet, alpha cell, neoislet, pancreas, pancrease, amylin, pancreatin, more...

Opposite:
exocrine, acinar

Adjectives:
lienorenal, pancreaticosplenic, splenopancreatic, intrarenal, enteritic, cardiorenal, lienal, nephric, prerenal, interrenal, ureterorenal

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Similar:
islands of langerhans, beta cell, islet, pseudoislet, alpha cell, neoislet, pancreas, pancrease, amylin, pancreatin, more...

Opposite:
exocrine, acinar

Adjectives:
lienorenal, pancreaticosplenic, splenopancreatic, intrarenal, enteritic, cardiorenal, lienal, nephric, prerenal, interrenal, ureterorenal



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