- villikinin
- vil·li·ki·nin .vil-ə-'kī-nən n a hormone postulated to exist in order to explain the activity of intestinal extracts in stimulating the intestinal villi
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vil·li·ki·nin (vil″ĭ-kiґnin) [villi + Gr. kinein to move] a hormone hypothesized to exist in the duodenum, stimulating villus movement and being released by action of hydrochloric acid on the mucous membrane.
Medical dictionary. 2011.