See Also: Glucagon(medicine)
Glucagon(health)
glucagon(dictionary)
receptors, glucagon(medicine)

ice-boat (iou) and glucagon (iou)


ice-boat (iou)



ice-boat noun & verb. M18.
[from ICE noun + BOAT noun.]
A. noun.
A boat mounted on runners for travelling on ice; spec. an ice-yacht. M18.
= ICE-BREAKER 2. M19.
A fishing vessel with facilities for the refrigeration of fish. US. L19.
b. verb intrans. Travel in an ice-boat or ice-yacht. Chiefly as ice-boating verbal noun. L19.
ice-boater noun. E20.

glucagon (iou)



glucagon noun. E20.
[from GLUCO- + Greek agon pres. pple of agein lead, bring.]
A polypeptide hormone formed in the pancreas which promotes the breakdown of glycogen in the liver and thereby increases blood sugar.