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chalone
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chalone /chal·one/ (kal´on) a group of tissue-specific water-soluble substances that are produced within a tissue and that inhibit mitosis of cells of that tissue and whose action is reversible.
cha·lone (kln, kln)
n.
1. A hormone that inhibits rather than stimulates.
2. Any of several polypeptides produced by a tissue and causing the reversible inhibition of mitosis in cells of that tissue.
chalone
a group of tissue-specific, water-soluble substances that are produced within a tissue and that inhibit mitosis of the cells of that tissue and whose action is reversible.
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