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calciotropic

calciotropic adjective: describing any material (especially a hormone) that is involved in the regulation of calcium in the blood and in bone.

Adjective

calciotropic (not comparable)

  1. Describing any material (especially a hormone) that is involved in the regulation of calcium in the blood and in bone

Forms of calciotropic

alternative formcalciotrophic
alternative formcalcitropic

Origin of calciotropic

From calcio- + -tropic.

Questions about calciotropic

What does calciotropic mean?
Calciotropic means describing any material (especially a hormone) that is involved in the regulation of calcium in the blood and in bone.
What part of speech is calciotropic?
Calciotropic is an adjective.

Words near calciotropic in the dictionary

  1. calciosomes
  2. calciostat
  3. calciotantite
  4. calciotraumatic
  5. calciotrophic
  6. calciotropic
  7. calciouranoite
  8. calciovolborthite
  9. calciovolborthites
  10. calcipenia
  11. calcipenic

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