Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A polypeptide hormone produced in the duodenum, especially on contact with acid, to stimulate secretion of pancreatic juice.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A peculiar substance which is derived from the mucous membrane of the intestinal tract and, after absorption into the blood-current, stimulates the pancreas and possibly also the salivary glands to secretion. The substance is supposedly present in the epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa in an inactive form which is termed prosecretin. Of its chemical nature nothing is known, but it appears certain that secretin is not a ferment.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine
Etymologies
- secret(ion)1 + -in. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“To help make sense of available research, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned scientists to examine three types of treatment: behavioral therapy, antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs, and an enzyme called secretin.”
“This process is called secretin 'the lime; coral insects do the same, and, as many of the islands of the south seas are made by coral insects, you may guess that a considerable lot of lime is made away with.”
“One of the three reviews also looked at secretin, which is used to alleviate gastrointestinal issues that are found in some children diagnosed with autism.”
“He was the first child in the UK to trial injections of a synthetic hormone called secretin.”
“Substances such as secretin are in fact sometimes referred to rather informally as "chemical messengers.”
“The influx of acid from the stomach suffices to break the prosecretin molecule into smaller fragments, and these fragments " secretin " diffuse out into the bloodstream.”
“Before that, secretin, a small protein secreted by the intestine, was proposed as a cure; many parents traveled hundreds of miles and spent thousands of dollars for secretin injections.”
“Parents felt just as strongly about secretin and MMR at one time as they do today about mercury.”
“It is unclear how many doctors and families advocate its use, but a 1998 case report of three children stirred excitement by suggesting the children showed social, cognitive and communication improvement after receiving two infusions of secretin.”
The Wall Street Journal: Autism Treatments Scrutinized in Study
“In the past 10 years, however, a number of high-quality studies showed there was no effect of secretin on autism symptoms, a conclusion borne out by researchers from Vanderbilt University who reviewed these studies in aggregate.”
The Wall Street Journal: Autism Treatments Scrutinized in Study
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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A list of human hormones
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