cerulein
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cerulein ce·ru·le·in (sə-r&oomacr;'lē-ən)
n.
A decapeptide that stimulates smooth muscle, especially gallbladder contraction, and increases digestive secretions.
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Cerulein
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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