Glucagon

//ˈɡlukəˌɡɑn//

Synonyms for "glucagon"

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Translations

15 translations across 13 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • glucagó noun (peptide hormone)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 升糖素 noun (peptide hormone)
  • 胰高血糖素 noun (peptide hormone)

Finnish

1 entries
  • glukagoni noun (peptide hormone)

French

1 entries
  • glucagon noun (peptide hormone)

Galician

1 entries
  • glicagón noun (peptide hormone)

German

1 entries
  • Glucagon noun (peptide hormone)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • глюкагон noun (peptide hormone)

Korean

1 entries
  • 글루카곤 noun (peptide hormone)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • глюкагон noun (peptide hormone)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • glucagon noun (peptide hormone)
  • glucagão noun (peptide hormone)

Slovak

1 entries
  • glukagón noun (peptide hormone)

Spanish

1 entries
  • glucagón noun (peptide hormone)

Turkish

1 entries
  • glukagon noun (peptide hormone)

Sample sentences

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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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