| gastric inhibitory polypeptide |
(GIP) glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, a polypeptide hormone (molecular weight 5165; 43 amino acids) synthesized by K cells in the midzone of the duodenal and jejunal mucosa and released in response to oral glucose, fat, or amino acids; it is a potent insulin stimulant, increases insulin secretion, and inhibits gastric secretion and motility.
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| gastric chromatoscopy |
diagnosis of gastric function by the color of the gastric contents; a test for achylia gastrica.
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| gastric pacemaker |
a saddle-shaped area of the greater curvature of the stomach at the junction of its proximal and middle thirds, where originate electric potentials which regulate the frequency of gastric contractions.
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| gastric partitioning |
a form of gastroplasty in which a small stomach pouch is formed whose filling signals satiety; used in treatment of morbid obesity. Called also gastric stapling.
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| gastric polyposis |
the presence of multiple polyps on the gastric mucosa.
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