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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glucagon /ˈgluːkəg(ə)n, -gɒn/

▶noun Biochemistry a peptide hormone formed in the pancreas which promotes the breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver.

– origin 1920s: from Gk glukus ‘sweet’ + agōn ‘leading, bringing’.

'glucagon' also found in these Oxford entries:

islets of Langerhans

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