beta cell

noun

B cell(def 2).

Origin of beta cell

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby beta cell

bet., beta, beta blocker, beta brass, beta carotene, beta cell, beta coefficient, beta crucis, beta decay, beta fiber, beta function

Medical definitions for beta cell

beta cell

n.

Any of the basophilic chromophil cells located in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
Any of the insulin-producing cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. B cell