"ghrelin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹɛlɪn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ghrelin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ghrelins [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlɪn Etymology: From g(rowth) h(ormone)-rel(easing peptide) + -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), influenced by Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”): see the December 1999 quotation. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-}}, {{suffix|en||in|pos2=suffix forming names of chemical compounds}} + -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), {{cog|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-||to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ghrelin (usually uncountable, plural ghrelins)
  1. (biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. Wikipedia link: The FASEB Journal Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Hormones Derived forms: acylghrelin, desacylghrelin, ghrelinemia, ghrelinergic, hyperghrelinemia, preproghrelin, proghrelin, teaghrelin Related terms: leptin, obestatin Translations (peptide hormone that increases appetite): جريلين (jarilin) (Arabic), գրելին (grelin) (Armenian), ghrelina [feminine] (Catalan), 飢餓素 (Chinese Cantonese), 饥饿素 (gei¹ ngo⁶ sou³) (Chinese Cantonese), 飢餓素 (Chinese Mandarin), 饥饿素 (jī'èsù) (Chinese Mandarin), ghrelin (Czech), ޣްރެލިން (ġrelin̊) (Dhivehi), ghreline [feminine] (Dutch), hongerhormoon [neuter] (Dutch), greliini (Finnish), ghréline [feminine] (French), ghrelina [feminine] (Galician), Ghrelin [neuter] (German), γκρελίνη (gkrelíni) [feminine] (Greek), גרלין [masculine] (Hebrew), ghrelin (Hungarian), éhséghormon (Hungarian), ghrelin (Indonesian), grelina [feminine] (Italian), グレリン (gurerin) (Japanese), 그렐린 (geurellin) (Korean), گرلین (Persian), grelina [feminine] (Polish), ghrelina [feminine] (Portuguese), grelina [feminine] (Portuguese), grelină [feminine] (Romanian), грели́н (grelín) [masculine] (Russian), grelin (Serbo-Croatian), grelin (Slovene), ghrelina [feminine] (Spanish), ghrelin (Swedish), ghrelin (Turkish), ґрелі́н (grelín) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ghrelin (Vietnamese)

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          "text": "Currently, ghrelin is considered as a “hunger hormone” that signals the brain the need to initiate food consumption. […] After food ingestion, plasma levels of ghrelin drastically decrease. Some but not all studies provided the evidence that in the cephalic phase of food ingestion the vagal efferent system promotes ghrelin secretion[…].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 February 26, Ruth Alexander, “The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep”, in BBC News, BBC, retrieved 2022-02-27",
          "text": "That is because sleep affects two appetite-controlling hormones, leptin and ghrelin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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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."
      ],
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          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
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        ],
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          "stomach",
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        ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ],
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          "secretion",
          "secretion"
        ],
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          "growth hormone"
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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."
      ],
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        "usually"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "chemistry",
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "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",
      "sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
      "word": "飢餓素"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gei¹ ngo⁶ sou³",
      "sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
      "word": "饥饿素"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
      "word": "飢餓素"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jī'èsù",
      "sense": "peptide hormone that increases appetite",
      "word": "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"
    }
  ],
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}

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