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glucagon
Overview of noun glucagon
The noun glucagon has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. glucagon -- (a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun glucagon
1 sense of glucagon
Sense 1
glucagon
=> hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
=> secretion
=> liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
=> body substance
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
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Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun glucagon
1 sense of glucagon
Sense 1
glucagon
=> hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
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Familiarity of noun glucagon
glucagon used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun glucagon
1 sense of glucagon
Sense 1
glucagon
> hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
=> adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, ACTH, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin
=> epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin
=> gastrin
=> ghrelin
=> glucagon
=> gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone
=> insulin
=> melatonin
=> neurohormone
=> oxytocin, Pitocin
=> parathyroid hormone, parathormone
=> relaxin
=> releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
=> secretin
=> somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone
=> thymosin
=> thyroid hormone
=> vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin
=> steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone
=> adrenosterone
=> glucocorticoid
=> catecholamine
=> melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH
=> thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotrophic hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH
=> thyrotropin-releasing hormone, TRH, thyrotropin-releasing factor, TRF, protirelin
Meronyms of noun glucagon
1 sense of glucagon
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Grep of noun glucagon
glucagon
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