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MOTILIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does motilin mean?
• MOTILIN (noun)
The noun MOTILIN has 1 sense:
1. a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine
Familiarity information: MOTILIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("motilin" is a kind of...):
gastrointestinal hormone; GI hormones (hormones that affect gastrointestinal functioning)
Context examples
Similar to somatostatin, this agent also suppresses the luteinizing hormone response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone, decreases splanchnic blood flow, and inhibits the release of serotonin, gastrin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), secretin, motilin, pancreatic polypeptide, and thyroid stimulating hormone.
(Octreotide, NCI Thesaurus)
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