Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun glucagon

1 sense of glucagon

Sense 1
glucagon -- (a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin))
       => hormone, endocrine, internal secretion -- (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)