secretin
n.
hormone produced in the small intestine which stimulates the secretion of bile and pancreatic juices (Biochemistry)
Secretin
Secretin
secretin
Noun
1. peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine; can stimulate secretion by the pancreas and liver
(hypernym) hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
Secretin
Hormone made by glands in the small intestine that stimulates pancreatic secretion. The word "hormone" was coined by the English physiologists Wm. M. Bayliss and Ernest H. Starling in connection with their discovery of secretin, the first hormone, in 1902.