Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hormone released by the upper intestinal mucosa that inhibits gastric motility and secretion.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[entero– + gastr(o)– + (horm)one.]
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Several of the different substances in food serve to stimulate the intestines to produce a substance called enterogastrone (en'ter-oh-gas'trohn; "intestine-stomach" G, that is, produced by the intestirre and with its effect on the stomach).
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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