Home › Words › E › enterohormoneenterohormoneenterohormone means any gastrointestinal hormone.EtymologyFrom entero- + hormone.nounAny gastrointestinal hormoneDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.enterogastrone 72% match — Any hormone secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum in the lower gastrointestinal tract in response to dietary lipids that inhibits the caudal motion of the contents of chyme. vs enterohormone →enteroendocrine 69% match — Of or pertaining to the intestinal production of endocrine hormones. vs enterohormone →enteropeptide 68% match — Any peptide that is present in the intestines vs enterohormone →enteroglucagon 65% match — A peptide hormone derived from preproglucagon vs enterohormone →enterogenous 61% match — That originates in the intestines vs enterohormone →proteohormone 61% match — Any protein that acts as a hormone vs enterohormone →coherin 61% match — A peptide, isolated from the bovine neurohypophysis, capable of regulating peristaltic gastrointestinal activity. vs enterohormone →enterokine 60% match — The hormone FGF19 vs enterohormone →