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Examples of beta cell in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Regular coffee use is believed to preserve liver and beta cells, which play a crucial role in diabetes.14
Natural Caffeine Sources
Several food and beverage sources naturally contain caffeine.
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Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease when the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2024
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are also looking at the hormone, which is produced in pancreatic beta cells and co-secreted with insulin as a response to food intake.
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Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 21 June 2024
The good news is that early treatment to reduce blood sugar can help save these beta cells.
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Health Editorial Team, Health, 6 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined above
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“Beta cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beta%20cell. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Medical Definition
beta cell
noun
: any of various secretory cells distinguished by their basophilic staining characters: as
a
: a pituitary basophil
b
: an insulin-secreting cell of the islets of Langerhans compare alpha cell
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