enterocyte

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noun

A cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.

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Meanings

nounenterocyte (plural enterocytes)

plural enterocytes

  1. A cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.

    ISCs signal to their daughters by Delta-Notch signaling to specify enterocyte versus enteroendocrine cell fate, but the pathway must remain inactive in the ISCs themselves to avoid differentiation.

    2009 January 9, Michael Buszczak et al., “Drosophila Stem Cells Share a Common Requirement for the Histone H2B Ubiquitin Protease Scrawny”, in Science, volume 323, number 5911

Origin

From entero- + -cyte.

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Translations

Italian enterocita
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APA

enterocyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterocyte

MLA

“enterocyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterocyte. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enterocyte,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterocyte.

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