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Definition of Secretin

1. Noun. A gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine.

Definition of Secretin

1. a hormone [n -S] - See also: hormone

Medical Definition of Secretin

1. Peptide hormone of gastrointestinal tract (27 residues) found in the mucosal cells of duodenum. Stimulates pancreatic, pepsin and bile secretion, inhibits gastric acid secretion. Considerable homology with gastric inhibitory peptide, vasoactive intestinal peptide and glucagon. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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