glucagon

See also: glucagón

English

Etymology

From gluco- +‎ Ancient Greek ἄγων (ágōn), present participle of ἄγω (ágō, “push forward, put in motion; stir up; excite, urge”).

Alternatively, possibly gluco- +‎ -a- +‎ -gon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡluːkəɡən/, /ˈɡluːkəɡɒn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlukəˌɡɑn/

Noun

PDB rendering of glucagon

glucagon (plural glucagons)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar [from 1923]

Derived terms

• enteroglucagon
• glucagonlike
• glucagonoma
• glucagonotropic
• preproglucagon
• proglucagon

Translations

peptide hormone

• Catalan: glucagó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胰高血糖素 (yígāoxuètángsù), 升糖素 (shēngtángsù)

• French: glucagon (fr) m
• Galician: glicagón m
• German: Glucagon n
• Kazakh: глюкагон (glükagon)
• Korean: 글루카곤 (geullukagon)
• Kyrgyz: глюкагон (glyukagon)
• Portuguese: glucagon (pt) m, glucagão m
• Spanish: glucagón (es) m

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• glucagom, glucagão

Noun

glucagon m (plural glucagons)

1. glucagon

   Synonym: (rare) glucagina

References

• “glucagon” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “glucagon” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “glucagon” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• "Glucagom e glucagon" in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa.