Centroacinar cell
centroacinar cell cen·tro·ac·i·nar cell (sěn’trō-ās’ĭ-nər, -när’)
n.
A nonsecretory cell of a pancreatic ductule occupying the lumen of an acinus. Also called Langerhans cell.
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