Look up: Secretin

1. secretin
   [n] - peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine
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2. Secretin
   Secretin is a gastrointestinal hormone that helps promote digestion of food. Some people believe it is a useful treatment for autism. However there is strong evidence to show that it is ineffective.
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3. Secretin
   Secretin: A hormone made by glands in the small intestine that acts to stimulate pancreatic secretions. Commercially available secretin is either porcine (pigs) secretin or a synthesized form of human secretin. Secretin is of special historic interest because the word 'hormone' was coined in 1902 by...
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4. secretin
   Peptide hormone of gastrointestinal tract (27 residues) found in the mucosal cells of duodenum. Stimulates pancreatic, pepsin and bile secretion, inhibits gastric acid secretion. Considerable homology with gastric inhibitory polypeptide, vasoactive intestinal peptide and glucagon.
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5. secretin
   <hormone> Peptide hormone of gastrointestinal tract (27 residues) found in the mucosal cells of duodenum. Stimulates pancreatic, pepsin and bile secretion, inhibits gastric acid secretion. Considerable homology with gastric inhibitory peptide, vasoactive intestinal peptide and glucagon. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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6. secretin
   noun peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine; can stimulate secretion by the pancreas and liver
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7. secretin
   (se-kre´tin) a hormone secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum and jejunum when acid chyme enters the intestine; carried by the blood, it stimulates the secretion of pancreatic juice and, to a lesser extent, bile and intestinal secretion.
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8. secretin
   a digestive hormone secreted by the wall of the upper part of the small intestine (the duodenum). Its secretion is stimulated when acid from the ... [7 related articles]
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9. Secretin
   Secretin is a hormone produced by the small intestine in vertebrates that stimulates the production of digestive secretions.
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10. secretin
    Type: Term Pronunciation: se-krē′tin Definitions: 1. A hormone, formed by the epithelial cells of the duodenum under the stimulus of acid contents from the stomach, which incites secretion of pancreatic juice; used as a diagnostic aid in the diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine disease and as...
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11. secretin
    Hormone produced by the small intestine of vertebrates that stimulates the production of digestive secretions by the pancreas and liver
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12. secretin
    (sue-kre;tin) A polypeptide hormone secreted by the small intestine in response to acidity of the intestinal lumen. Along with cholecystokinin, secretin stimulates the secretion of pancreatic juice into the small intestine.
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13. secretin
    (sue-kre;tin) A polypeptide hormone secreted by the small intestine in response to acidity of the intestinal lumen. Along with cholecystokinin, secretin stimulates the secretion of pancreatic juice into the small intestine.
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14. secretin
    A hormone produced in the duodenum that stimulates alkaline secretions by the pancreas and inhibits gastric emptying.
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15. secretin
    A hormone released into the blood by cells in the inner layer of the small intestine. It is released when partly digested food moves from the stomach into the small intestine. Secretin causes the pancreas, liver, and stomach to release other substances that help digest food. Secretin may also be made in the laboratory.
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16. Secretin
    `Secretin` is a hormone that controls the secretions into the duodenum, and also separately, water homeostasis throughout the body. It is produced in the S cells of the duodenum in the issn = -->--> Its effect is to regulate the pH of the duodenal contents via the control of gastric acid secretion a...
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