ghrelin

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɛlɪn/
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• Australian: /ˈɡɹelɪn/
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• rhymes with -ɛlɪn
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From g(rowth) h(ormone)-rel(easing peptide) + -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), influenced by Proto-Indo-European *ghreh1- (“to grow”): see the December 1999 quotation.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جريلين (jarilin) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Armenian: գրելին (grelin) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Catalan: ghrelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Chinese Cantonese: 飢餓素 /饥饿素 (gei1 ngo6 sou3) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Chinese Mandarin: 飢餓素 /饥饿素 (jī'èsù) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Czech: ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Dhivehi: ޣްރެލިން (ġrelin̊) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Dutch: ghreline — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Dutch: hongerhormoon — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Finnish: greliini — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• French: ghréline — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Galician: ghrelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• German: Ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Greek: γκρελίνη (gkrelíni) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Greek: λενομορελίνη (lenomorelíni) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Hebrew: גרלין — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Hungarian: ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Hungarian: éhséghormon — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Indonesian: ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Italian: grelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Japanese: グレリン (gurerin) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Korean: 그렐린 (geurellin) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Persian: گرلین — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Polish: grelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Portuguese: ghrelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Portuguese: grelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Romanian: grelină — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Russian: грели́н (grelín) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Serbo-Croatian: grelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Slovene: grelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Spanish: ghrelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Spanish: grelina — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Spanish: ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Swedish: ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Turkish: ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Ukrainian: ґрелі́н (grelín) — peptide hormone that increases appetite
• Vietnamese: ghrelin — peptide hormone that increases appetite