cholecystokinin/pancreozymin
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a digestive hormone released with secretin when food from the stomach reaches the first part of the small intestine (the
duodenum). Once considered to be two separate hormones because of its two distinct actions, cholecystokinin/pancreozymin evokes the release (ascribed to pancreozymin) of enzymes from the pancreas; it also causes contraction (ascribed to cholecystokinin) of the gallbladder, thereby forcing bile into the duodenum.
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cholecystokinin-pancreozymin — noun see cholecystokinin … New Collegiate Dictionary
cholecystokinin — A polypeptide hormone (the human peptide has 33 residues) liberated by the upper intestinal mucosa on contact with gastric contents; stimulates contraction of the gallbladder and secretion of pancreatic … Medical dictionary
cholecystokinin — noun Etymology: New Latin cholecystis + English o + kinin Date: circa 1929 a hormone secreted especially by the duodenal mucosa that regulates the emptying of the gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas and that has been found in the … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cholecystokinin — For other uses of CCK , see CCK (disambiguation). Cholecystokinin Identifiers Symbols CCK; MGC117187 External IDs … Wikipedia
pancreozymin — SYN: cholecystokinin. * * * pan·creo·zy·min .pan krē ō zī mən n CHOLECYSTOKININ * * * n. the name originally given to the fraction of the hormone cholecystokinin that acts on the pancreas. * * * pan·creo·zy·min (panґkre o zi″min)… … Medical dictionary
pancreozymin — noun Etymology: pancreas + o + zym + 1 in Date: 1943 cholecystokinin … New Collegiate Dictionary
pancreozymin — pan·cre·o·zy·min (păng krē ō zīʹmĭn, păn ) n. See cholecystokinin. [pancreas + zymo + in.] * * * … Universalium
pancreozymin — n. the name originally given to the fraction of the hormone cholecystokinin that acts on the pancreas … The new mediacal dictionary
secretin-cholecystokinin test — (for pancreatic function) a combination of the secretin test and the cholecystokinin test, measuring pancreatic secretion volume and secretion of bicarbonate, amylase, lipase, and trypsin. Called also secretin pancreozymin t … Medical dictionary
secretin-pancreozymin test — secretin cholecystokinin t … Medical dictionary
