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{{Concept
|label=regenerative cells
|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) Cells of the [[stomach]] ([[ventriculus]]) that may be singly, in pairs beneath the [[columnar]] cells or grouped into clusters (nidi) or arranged in [[crypt]]-like outpocketings; functioning in renewal of other [[epithelial]] cells when destroyed by [[secretion]] or [[degeneration]] during molting or pupation.
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{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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