Definition of autocrine
: of, relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on surface receptors of the same cell — compare paracrine
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Origin and Etymology of autocrine
aut- + -crine (as in endocrine)
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autocrine
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adjective
au·to·crine
\-krin\
Medical Definition of autocrine
: of, relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on surface receptors of the same cell autocrine stimulation of T cell growth autocrine growth of some breast cancers—M. E. Lippman—compare paracrine
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