CHOLECYSTOKININ


Meaning of CHOLECYSTOKININ in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌsis-tə-ˈkī-nən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin cholecyst is + English -o- + kinin

Date: circa 1929

: a hormone secreted especially by the duodenal mucosa that regulates the emptying of the gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas and that has been found in the brain — called also cholecystokinin-pancreozymin, pancreozymin

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