Glucagon

/ˈɡlukəˌɡɑn/

Synonyms for "glucagon" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
drug form glucagonemergency glucagon

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
pancreatic hormone

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
peptide hormonepolypeptide hormonetherapeutic glucagon

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
endocrinehormoneinternal secretionpeptide hormonepharmacological agenttherapeutic peptide

More specific

3 entries
injectable glucagonnasal glucagonrecombinant glucagon

Collocations

6 entries
glucagon receptorgluconeogenesis activationglucose homeostasishepatic glycogenolysispancreatic alpha cellsproglucagon processing

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The pump developed by researchers is a double pump — in addition to insulin, it automatically secretes glucagon, a hormone that taps glucose reserves in the liver, raising blood sugar levels when they get too low, a condition called hypoglycemia.

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