Associations to the word «Glucagon»

Wiktionary

GLUCAGON, noun. (biochemistry) A hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar.

Dictionary definition

GLUCAGON, noun. A hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats