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urogastrone

urogastrone noun: a substance secreted by the Brunner's glands that inhibits parietal cells and chief cells of the stomach from secreting acid and their digestive enzymes, in order to protect the duodenum.

Noun

urogastrone (uncountable)

  1. A substance secreted by the Brunner's glands that inhibits parietal cells and chief cells of the stomach from secreting acid and their digestive enzymes, in order to protect the duodenum.

Questions about urogastrone

What does urogastrone mean?
Urogastrone means a substance secreted by the Brunner's glands that inhibits parietal cells and chief cells of the stomach from secreting acid and their digestive enzymes, in order to protect the duodenum.
What part of speech is urogastrone?
Urogastrone is a noun.

Words near urogastrone in the dictionary

  1. urofollitropin
  2. urofuscin
  3. urofuscohaematin
  4. urofuscohematin
  5. urogastric
  6. urogastrone
  7. urogenic
  8. urogenital
  9. urogenital duct
  10. urogenital ducts
  11. urogenital fold

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