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Calcitonin
Meaning
Noun
●
In Hormones:
A
polypeptide
hormone
secreted
by the
thyroid gland
that has the effect of
lowering
blood calcium.
●
In Pharmaceutical drugs:
A
synthetic
or
recombinant
form of
calcitonin
used to
treat
Paget
disease
of
bone
and
postmenopausal
osteoporosis.
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