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glucoregulatory

glucoregulatory adjective: relating to glucoregulation.

Adjective

glucoregulatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to glucoregulation.
    • Some of the known glucoregulatory effects of narcotic drugs and endogenous opioid peptides may participate in the proposed role of the opioid system in the adaptation to starvation.1989, Margo P. Cohen, The Brain as an Endocrine Organ, page 59
    • Overall, these data suggest that the glucoregulatory benefits for TGR5 agonists in rodents for the treatment of diabetes and metabolic syndrome likely cannot be separated from concurrent pharmacology in the gallbladder.2015 August 28, “Novel Small Molecule Agonist of TGR5 Possesses Anti-Diabetic Effects but Causes Gallbladder Filling in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of glucoregulatory

From gluco- + regulatory.

Questions about glucoregulatory

What does glucoregulatory mean?
Glucoregulatory means relating to glucoregulation.
What part of speech is glucoregulatory?
Glucoregulatory is an adjective.

Words near glucoregulatory in the dictionary

  1. glucopyranosyl
  2. glucopyranosyls
  3. glucopyranuronic acid
  4. glucoraphanin
  5. glucoregulation
  6. glucoregulatory
  7. glucoresin
  8. glucoresins
  9. glucoronidase
  10. glucoronidation
  11. glucoronide

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