Usually means: Produces digestive enzymes in stomach.
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▸ noun:  (physiology) A cell located in the stomach and parathyroid gland that secretes precursor enzymes.

Similar:
parietal cell, alpha cell, prosecretin, beta cell, secretor, paracriny, Paneth cell, precerebellin, melanotroph, mammosomatotroph, more...

Opposite:
minor cell, subordinate cell, secondary cell

Phrases:
Gastric chief cell, more...

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Similar:
parietal cell, alpha cell, prosecretin, beta cell, secretor, paracriny, Paneth cell, precerebellin, melanotroph, mammosomatotroph, more...

Opposite:
minor cell, subordinate cell, secondary cell

Phrases:
Gastric chief cell, more...



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