Usually means: Insulin-producing cells in pancreas.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. beta cells: Merriam-Webster
  2. beta-cells: Wordnik
  3. beta cells: Wiktionary
  4. Beta-cells, Beta cells: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Beta-cells, Beta cells: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. beta cells: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  3. Beta-cells, beta cells: Medical dictionary
  4. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Beta-cells: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

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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.
▸ Also see beta_cell


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