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calcitonin
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As a noun, calcitonin means a polypeptide hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that has the effect of lowering blood calcium.
Meanings of calcitonin
3 meaningsnoun
hormoneA polypeptide hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that has the effect of lowering blood calcium.
pharmaceutical drugA synthetic or recombinant form of calcitonin used to treat Paget disease of bone and postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bonebody
Similar: thyrocalcitonin
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Synonyms by meaning
noun: thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium …
thyrocalcitonin
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