CHOLECYSTOKININ


Meaning of CHOLECYSTOKININ in English

noun Etymology: New Latin cholecystis + 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

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