stichocyte

English

Etymology

From sticho- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

stichocyte (plural stichocytes)

  1. Any of a group of glandular cells arranged in a row along the posterior portion of the oesophagus, each of which communicates by a single pore with the lumen.
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