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CALCITONIN

subject field: medicine: body-part
origination date: 01/06/2002
originator: Carlos
check date: 24/06/2002
checker: Pamela
URL: http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/thyroid/calcitonin.html

Conceptual Structures
ISAHORMONE
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
BODY-PART
HORMONE
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY

Spanish
calcitoninadefinition: hormona producida por el tiroides que regula los niveles de calcio en el cuerpo. La presencia de altas cantidades de esta hormona en la sangre pueden ser indicativas de la existencia de varios tipos de cáncer. (es)
gender: feminine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

English
calcitoninterm type: main entry term
number: mass
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
definition: hormone produced by the thyroid that regulates the levels of calcium in the body. High levels of this hormone in the blood may indicate the presence of several types of cancer. (en)