Usually means: Insulin-producing cells in pancreas.
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  1. beta cell: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. beta cell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beta cell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  1. beta cell: Legal dictionary

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  1. Beta-cell, beta cell: Encyclopedia

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  3. Beta Cell: Diabetes Dictionary
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  8. Beta-cell, beta cell: 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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