autocrine
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- (biology) Of a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it.
- Vasopressin could be an autocrine hormone in the olfactory epithelium.
- Many scientific papers suggest an autocrine action of acetylcholin in the lung.
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