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CALCITONIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does calcitonin mean?

• CALCITONIN (noun)
The noun CALCITONIN has 1 sense:

1. thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone

Familiarity information: CALCITONIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CALCITONIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

calcitonin; thyrocalcitonin

Hypernyms ("calcitonin" is a kind of...):

thyroid hormone (any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically)

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