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  1. Incretin, incretin: Wordnik
  2. incretin: Wiktionary
  3. Incretin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. incretin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (incretin)

noun:  (biochemistry) A gastrointestinal hormone causing an increase in the amount of insulin released from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans after eating, even before blood glucose levels become elevated.

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