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calcitonin

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌkæl.sɪˈtəʊ.nɪn/Part of speech nounSorted acciilnnotStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone

Word origin

From calci- + tonic + -in.

Used in a sentence

  • Intriguingly, the rat C1b isoform of the calcitonin receptor (CTR) (see Section VI-B) has very little interaction with the thyroidally derived form of calcitonin.

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