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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Irregular clusters of endocrine cells scattered throughout the tissue of the pancreas that secrete insulin and glucagon.
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- noun anatomy, biology regions in the
pancreas thatcontain itsendocrine cells
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Paul Langerhans, (1847–1888), German pathologist.]
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Named after Paul Langerhans, the German anatomist who discovered these regions in the pancreas.
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