pheochromocyte

English

Etymology

From pheochrome +‎ -o- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

pheochromocyte (plural pheochromocytes)

  1. A chromaffin cell.
    • 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[1], volume 5, →DOI:
      It should be noted that the PC12 cell line is derived from electrically inexcitable pheochromocytes.
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