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second messenger: Meaning and Definition of
sec'ond mes'senger
Pronunciation: [key]
— Biochem. Biochem.
- any of various intracellular chemical substances, as cyclic AMP, that transmit and amplify the messages delivered by a first messenger to specific receptors on the cell surface. Cf.
