Associations to the word «Secretin»

Wiktionary

SECRETIN, noun. (hormone) A peptide hormone, secreted by the duodenum, that serves to regulate its acidity

Dictionary definition

SECRETIN, noun. A gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King