Term: islet growth
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Name: islet
Synonyms:
Definition: Portion of tissue composed of a group of cells in the pancreas producing insulin, glucagon and somatostatin. Part of the endocrine pancreas.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005755]
Name: growth
Synonyms: growth pattern, non-developmental growth
Definition: The increase in size or mass of an entire organism, a part of an organism or a cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0040007]    QuickGO    AmiGO