Calcitonin

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  • noun. A peptide hormone, produced by the thyroid gland in humans, that lowers plasma calcium and phosphate levels without augmenting calcium accretion.
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  • noun. thyrocalcitonin
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  • noun. thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone
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    "Rats with vagal, pelvic, hypogastric and ovarian neurectomies exhibited a marked decrease in calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive nerves in the uterus relative to rats with pelvic, hypogastric, and ovarian neurectomies with intact vagus nerves."
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    thyroid hormone  
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