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GHRELIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does ghrelin mean?

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

1. a hormone produced by stomach cells

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

Dictionary entry details

• GHRELIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hormone produced by stomach cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

ghrelin is thought to increase feelings of hunger

Hypernyms ("ghrelin" 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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