Usually means: Produces glucagon in pancreas.
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  1. alpha cell: Wiktionary
  2. alpha cell: Dictionary.com
  3. Alpha cell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. alpha cell: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. alpha cell: Legal dictionary

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  1. Alpha-cell, alpha cell: Encyclopedia

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  1. alpha cell: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Alpha-cell, alpha cell: Medical dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (alpha cell)

noun:  (anatomy) An acidophil of the adenohypophysis.
noun:  (anatomy) An endocrine cell, located in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, that synthesizes and secretes glucagon.

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