ghrelin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɹɛlɪn/    美 /ˈɡɹɛlɪn/|/ˈɡɹelɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. uncountable,usually
    — We designate the GH-releasing peptide ‘ghrelin’ (ghre is the Proto-Indo-European root of the word ‘grow’).

词形变化

ghrelins plural

词源

From g(rowth) h(ormone)-rel(easing peptide) + -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), influenced by Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”): see the December 1999 quotation.
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