Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glucoregulatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glu-coreg-u-la-to-ry
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to glucoregulation.

Example Sentences

"Some of the known glucoregulatory effects of narcotic drugs and endogenous opioid peptides may participate in the proposed role of the opioid system in the adaptation to starvation."
"Overall, these data suggest that the glucoregulatory benefits for TGR5 agonists in rodents for the treatment of diabetes and metabolic syndrome likely cannot be separated from concurrent pharmacology in the gallbladder."

Etymology

From gluco- + regulatory.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gluco

Questions

What does glucoregulatory mean?: Relating to glucoregulation.
Where does glucoregulatory come from?: From gluco- + regulatory.

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