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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A 33-amino acid peptide secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa and also found in the central nervous system. It causes gallbladder contraction, release of pancreatic exocrine (or digestive) enzymes, and affects other gastrointestinal functions. Cholecystokinin may be the mediator of satiety. (references) |
Medicine | An appetite suppressant. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CHOLECYSTOKININ |
| Specialty definitions using "CHOLECYSTOKININ": Caerulein, CCKA ♦ D Cells, Devazepide ♦ Receptors, Cholecystokinin. (references) |
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| "CHOLECYSTOKININ" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.78% of the time. "CHOLECYSTOKININ" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.78% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cholecystokinin | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CHOLECYSTOKININ"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | cholécystokinine. (various references) | |
Italian | Colecistochinina. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olecystokininchay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CHOLECYSTOKININ": cholecystokinins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-h-i-i-k-l-n-n-o-o-s-t-y" | |
-5 letters: cockneyish, colocynths, cytokinins, niccolites, nonhostile. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-h-i-i-k-l-n-n-o-o-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: cholecystokinins. | |
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