gastric inhibitory polypeptide
noun
variants:
also gastric inhibitory peptide
Medical Definition of gastric inhibitory polypeptide
: an intestinal polypeptide hormone that stimulates insulin secretion by the pancreas in response to the presence of glucose in the gut especially following meal ingestion
… mice without receptors for the incretins, glucagon-like peptide 1, and gastric inhibitory polypeptide show impaired insulin secretion and abnormal glucose tolerance without insulin resistance.— Hanna Huopio et al., The Lancet, 25 Jan. 2003
—abbreviation GIP
— called also glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide