Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Hepatocyte
Hepatocyte
The functional cell type of the liver. Hepatocytes make enzymes for detoxifying metabolic waste, synthesise proteins for the blood plasma, produce bile and help control blood sugar levels within narrow limits.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Medical
- Category: Stem cell research
- Company: EuroStemCell
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Weddings Category: Wedding services
Cold wedding
A wedding format in which ceremonies are conducted in freezing temperatures. Cold weddings are usually thought to symbolise true love. A Russian ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
rufaro9102
0
Terms
41
Blossaries
4
Followers
Best TV Shows 2013/2014 Season
Category: Entertainment 2 6 Terms
Browers Terms By Category
- Nightclub terms(32)
- Bar terms(31)
Bars & nightclubs(63) Terms
- Clock(712)
- Calendar(26)
Chronometry(738) Terms
- Material physics(1710)
- Metallurgy(891)
- Corrosion engineering(646)
- Magnetics(82)
- Impact testing(1)
Materials science(3330) Terms
- Natural gas(4949)
- Coal(2541)
- Petrol(2335)
- Energy efficiency(1411)
- Nuclear energy(565)
- Energy trade(526)
Energy(14403) Terms
- News(147)
- Radio & TV broadcasting equipment(126)
- TV equipment(9)
- Set top box(6)
- Radios & accessories(5)
- TV antenna(1)