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mastocyte

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted acemosttyStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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  1. A mast cell, an immune cell that releases histamine during allergic responses.

Word origin

From German Mastzelle f, "feeding cell," coined in 1878 by immunologist Paul Ehrlich; "Mast" + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “cell”). Not a cognate with the Ancient Greek root μαστός (mastós, “(human) breast”).

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