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Chief Cell of the Stomach
An epithelial cell of the stomach that secretes digestive enzymes. Chief cells may be found at any level in the fundic glands, but are most common in the deeper region, toward the muscularis mucosae. They are basophilic. (NCI Thesaurus)
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