calcitonin

calcitonin
/kal'si toh"nin/, n. Biochem.
a polypeptide hormone that participates in the regulation of calcium levels in vertebrates by inhibiting loss of calcium from bone to the blood.
[1960-65; CALCI- + TONE + -IN2]

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also called  Thyrocalcitonin,  

      a protein hormone secreted in humans and other mammals by parafollicular cells in the thyroid gland, and in birds, fishes, and other nonmammalian vertebrates by cells of the ultimobranchial bodies, which are discrete calcitonin-secreting glands. Calcitonin lowers the concentration of calcium in the blood when it rises above the normal value. It has the opposite effect of parathyroid hormone (parathormone).

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