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GASTRIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does gastrin mean?

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

1. polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; induces the secretion of gastric juice

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

Dictionary entry details

• GASTRIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; induces the secretion of gastric juice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

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