CCK Common Medical Abbreviation

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Cholecystokinin-Pancreozymin

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Cholecystokinin

Cholecystokinin CCK or CCK-PZ; from Greek chole; hence, move the bile-sac is a peptide hormone of the gastrointestinal system responsible for stimulating the digestion of fat and protein. Cholecystokinin, previously called pancreozymin, is synthesized and secreted by enteroendocrine cells in the duodenum, the first segment of the small intestine.

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