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Glucagon Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -gon

Glucagon has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)

2

A peptide hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hormone
Rhyming Words
gon agon egon nigon aegon bigon logon ergon argon vogon dagon angon cogon bogon tigon digon dogon wagon zygon isogon
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