Usually means: Insulin-producing cells in pancreas.
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  1. beta cell: Merriam-Webster
  2. beta cell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beta cell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. beta cell: Vocabulary.com
  5. beta-cell: Wordnik
  6. beta cell: Wiktionary
  7. beta cell: Dictionary.com
  8. Beta-cell, Beta cell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. beta cell: Rhymezone
  10. beta cell: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. beta cell: FreeDictionary.org
  12. beta cell: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. beta cell: Legal dictionary

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  1. Beta-cell, beta cell: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. beta cell: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Beta cell: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  7. Beta-cell, beta cell: Medical dictionary
  8. Beta cell: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (beta cell)

noun:  (anatomy) A basophil of the adenohypophysis.
noun:  (anatomy) An endocrine cell, located in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, primarily responsible for the storage and release of insulin.

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