HyperDic: glucagon

English > 1 sense of the word glucagon:
NOUNbodyglucagona hormone secreted by the pancreas
English > glucagon: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases / increases / increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin).
Broaderhormone, endocrine, internal secretionThe secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Spanishglucagón
Catalanglucagó

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