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SECRETIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does secretin mean?

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

1. peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine; can stimulate secretion by the pancreas and liver

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

Dictionary entry details

• SECRETIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine; can stimulate secretion by the pancreas and liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("secretin" 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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