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CCK

CCK is the initialism of cholecystokinin.

Meaning of cholecystokinin

Noun

cholecystokinin (plural cholecystokinins)

  1. Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein.
    Synonyms:
    CCK, CCK-PZ

Words formed from CCK

Questions about CCK

What is CCK the initialism of?
CCK is the initialism of cholecystokinin.

Words near CCK in the dictionary

  1. CCIP
  2. CCITT
  3. CCITT High Level Language
  4. CCJ
  5. CCJs
  6. CCK
  7. CCK-PZ
  8. CCKBO
  9. CCKBOs
  10. CCKergic
  11. CCLC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CCK (page history and authors); cholecystokinin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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