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incretin

incretin noun: a gastrointestinal hormone causing an increase in the amount of insulin released from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans after eating, even before blood glucose levels become elevated.

Noun

incretin (plural incretins)

  1. A gastrointestinal hormone causing an increase in the amount of insulin released from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans after eating, even before blood glucose levels become elevated.

incretin meaning in Tamil

incretin in Tamil

இன்கிரடின்

Forms of incretin

pluralincretins

Words formed from incretin

Questions about incretin

What does incretin mean?
Incretin means a gastrointestinal hormone causing an increase in the amount of insulin released from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans after eating, even before blood glucose levels become elevated.
What is incretin in Tamil?
Incretin in Tamil is இன்கிரடின். See Incretin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incretin?
Incretin is a noun.
What is the plural of incretin?
The plural of incretin is incretins.

Words near incretin in the dictionary

  1. increscents
  2. increst
  3. incrested
  4. incresting
  5. incrests
  6. incretin
  7. incretins
  8. incretion
  9. incretions
  10. incriminate
  11. incriminated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incretin (page history and authors); incretin (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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