Meanings
nounpheochromocyte (plural pheochromocytes)
plural pheochromocytes · alternative phaeochromocyte
- biologyA chromaffin cell.
It should be noted that the PC12 cell line is derived from electrically inexcitable pheochromocytes.
2015 May 15, Gagandip K. Poone et al., “The Hypothermic Influence on CHOP and Ero1-α in an Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Model of Cerebral Ischemia”, in Brain Sciences, volume 5, →DOI
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