amylin (English, noun)
expansion: amylin (uncountable)
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glosses: The dextrin of starch.
tags: uncountable
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pancreatic polypeptide hormone that is secreted with insulin by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans, that is a major component of the amyloid deposits found outside beta cells in those affected with type 2 diabetes, and that inhibits the glucose synthesis stimulated by insulin in skeletal muscles.
tags: uncountable
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