Usually means: Produces glucagon in pancreas.
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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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