glucagon
See also:
glucagón
English
Etymology
Possibly
gluco-
+
-a-
+
-gon
?
Pronunciation
(
UK
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈɡluːkəɡən/
,
/ˈɡluːkəɡɒn/
(
US
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈɡlukəˌɡɑn/
Noun
PDB
rendering of
glucagon
glucagon
(
plural
glucagons
)
(
biochemistry
)
A
peptide
hormone
, produced by the
pancreas
, that opposes the action of
insulin
by stimulating the production of
sugar
Derived terms
enteroglucagon
glucagonlike
glucagonoma
glucagonotropic
preproglucagon
proglucagon
Translations
peptide hormone
Catalan:
glucagó
m
Chinese:
Mandarin:
胰高血糖素
(
yígāoxuètángsù
)
,
升糖素
(
shēngtángsù
)
French:
glucagon
(fr)
m
Galician:
glicagón
m
German:
Glucagon
n
Kazakh:
глюкагон
(
glükagon
)
Korean:
글루카곤
(
geullukagon
)
Kyrgyz:
глюкагон
(
glyukagon
)
Portuguese:
glucagon
(pt)
m
,
glucagão
m
Spanish:
glucagón
(es)
m
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