Prosecretin

Prosecretin: Prosecretin is a precursor to the chemical secretin, which is present in digestion. Secretin is stored in this unusable form, and is activated by gastric acid in the lower intestine to neutralize the pH and ensure no damage is done to the small intestine by the aforementioned acid.

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prosecretin — see pro 2 1 … Useful english dictionary
prosecretin — Unactivated secretin. * * * pro·se·cre·tin ( )prō si krēt ən n an inactive precursor of secretin * * * pro·se·cre·tin (pro″se kreґtin) a precursor of secretin found in epithelial cells of the duodenum and jejunum … Medical dictionary
Secretin — Protein Name=PAGENAME caption= Symbol=SCT AltSymbols= HGNCid=10607 Chromosome=11 Arm=p Band=15 LocusSupplementaryData=.5 ECnumber= OMIM=182099 EntrezGene=6343 RefSeq=NM 021920 UniProt=P09683 PDB=Secretin is a peptide hormone produced in the S… … Wikipedia
προεκκριματίνη — η, Ν φυσιολ. η προσεκρετίνη. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Νόθο αντιδάνειο σύνθ., πρβλ. αγγλ. prosecretin < pro (< προ *) + secretin (πρβλ. εκκριματίνη)] … Dictionary of Greek

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