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"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland."
],
"links": [
[
"biochemistry",
"biochemistry"
],
[
"peptide",
"peptide"
],
[
"hormone",
"hormone"
],
[
"secrete",
"secrete"
],
[
"stomach",
"stomach#Noun"
],
[
"empty",
"empty#Adjective"
],
[
"increases",
"increase#Verb"
],
[
"appetite",
"appetite"
],
[
"secretion",
"secretion"
],
[
"growth hormone",
"growth hormone"
],
[
"pituitary gland",
"pituitary gland"
]
],
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"(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"biochemistry",
"biology",
"chemistry",
"microbiology",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
],
"wikipedia": [
"The FASEB Journal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈɡɹɛlɪn/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛlɪn"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jarilin",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "جريلين"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "grelin",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "գրելին"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghrelina"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gei¹ ngo⁶ sou³",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "飢餓素 /饥饿素"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jī'èsù",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "飢餓素 /饥饿素"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "ghrelin"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "ġrelin̊",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "ޣްރެލިން"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghreline"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hongerhormoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "greliini"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghréline"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghrelina"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ghrelin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gkrelíni",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γκρελίνη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גרלין"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "ghrelin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "éhséghormon"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "ghrelin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grelina"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gurerin",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "グレリン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geurellin",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "그렐린"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "گرلین"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grelina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghrelina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grelina"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grelină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grelín",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "грели́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "grelin"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "grelin"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ghrelina"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "ghrelin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "ghrelin"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "grelín",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ґрелі́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
"word": "ghrelin"
}
],
"word": "ghrelin"
}
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