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cho·le·cys·to·ki·nin

n :  a hormone secreted esp. by the duodenal mucosa that regulates the emptying of the gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas and that has been found in the brain - called also cholecystokinin-pancreozymin , pancreozymin  .
 
 

 
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