Medical Definition of Pancreatic polypeptide

1. A 36-amino acid polypeptide with physiological regulatory functions. It is secreted by pancreatic tissue. Plasma pancreatic polypeptide increases after ingestion of food, with age, and in disease states. A lack of pancreatic polypeptide in the islets of langerhans has been associated with the obese syndrome in rats and mice. Chemical name: Pancreatic polypeptide (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pancreatic Polypeptide

pancreatic fistula
pancreatic hormones
pancreatic hyperglycaemic hormone
pancreatic infantilism
pancreatic insufficiency
pancreatic islands
pancreatic isleT-cell tumours
pancreatic islets
pancreatic juice
pancreatic juices
pancreatic lymph nodes
pancreatic neoplasms
pancreatic notch
pancreatic plexus
pancreatic polypeptide (current term)
pancreatic pseudocyst
pancreatic pseudocysts
pancreatic sphincter
pancreatic steatorrhoea
pancreatic vein
pancreatic veins
pancreatico-
pancreaticoduodenal
pancreaticoduodenal arterial arcades
pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes
pancreaticoduodenal transplantation
pancreaticoduodenal veins
pancreaticoduodenectomies
pancreaticoduodenectomy

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