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Hepatocyte vs Hepatoblast - What's the difference?

hepatocyte | hepatoblast |

As nouns the difference between hepatocyte and hepatoblast

is that hepatocyte is any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification while hepatoblast is the fetal precursor of the hepatocyte.

hepatocyte

English

Noun

(wikipedia hepatocyte) (en noun)
  • Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.

    • hepatoblast

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, embryology) The fetal precursor of the hepatocyte

    • Derived terms

    *hepatoblastic