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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hormone secreted by glands in the mucous membrane of the stomach that stimulates the production of gastric juice.

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  • noun biochemistry A hormone that stimulates the production of gastric acid in the stomach

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  • noun polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated

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Ancient Greek γαστήρ + -in

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