paracrine

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ -crine, modelled on German parakrin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæɹəkɹaɪn/, /pæɹəkɹɪn/

Adjective

paracrine (not comparable)

1. Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream

Synonyms

• paracrinal

Coordinate terms

• endocrine
• gasocrine
• exocrine
• heterocrine
• autocrine

Derived terms

• juxtaparacrine

Related terms

• neurocrine
• paracriny

Anagrams

• preacinar

Italian

Adjective

paracrine

1. feminine plural of paracrino