Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beta_cell

1 sense of beta cell

Sense 1
beta cell -- (a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas)
       => cell -- ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)