| Name: | prolactin secreting cell differentiation |
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| Synonyms: | epsilon-acidophil differentiation, lactotrope differentiation, lactotroph differentiation, lactotropic cell differentiation, mammotrope differentiation, mammotroph differentiation, mammotrophic cell differentiation, mammotropic cell differentiation |
| Definition: | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a prolactin secreting cell. A prolactin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces prolactin. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060127] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | process quality |
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| Synonyms: | quality of a process, quality of occurrent, quality of process, relational quality of occurrent |
| Definition: | A quality which inheres in an process. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001236] |