Ghrelin is an English word with synonyms like hormone or endocrine. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ghrelin in a sentence
Ghrelin meaning
A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
Using Ghrelin
- The main meaning on this page is: A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
- Useful related words include: hormone, endocrine, internal secretion.
- In the example corpus, ghrelin often appears in combinations such as: hormone ghrelin, and ghrelin, ghrelin which.
Context around Ghrelin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ghrelin
- In this selection, "ghrelin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hormone, stimulating, vagal, levels, signaling and something stand out and add context to how "ghrelin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appetite stimulating ghrelin and stimulate and hunger hormone ghrelin something no. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ghrelin" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ghrelin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The team also investigated whether vagal ghrelin signaling influences feeding behavior. (11 words)
Leptin and ghrelin in relation to Helicobacter pylori status in adult males. (12 words)
Moreover, it alters insulin and ghrelin levels, the hormones related to hunger and satiety. (14 words)
It is thought that this is because lack of sleep stimulates the production of our hunger hormone, ghrelin, while also lowering levels of leptin - the hormone that makes you feel full. (31 words)
It’s well established that sleep deprivation increases levels of ghrelin, which is often called the hunger hormone — while levels of leptin, the satiety hormone, fall, leading to weight gain. (30 words)
There are chemical receptors in the stomach which detect carbon dioxide and cause the cells at the top of the stomach to release ghrelin and it makes you feel hungry. (30 words)
Example sentences (12)
Medical research has shown that when you consume alcohol, it stimulates the production of a hunger-increasing hormone, ghrelin.
Moreover, it alters insulin and ghrelin levels, the hormones related to hunger and satiety.
Our appetite is stimulated by ghrelin, whereas leptin is known as the satiety hormone.
It’s well established that sleep deprivation increases levels of ghrelin, which is often called the hunger hormone — while levels of leptin, the satiety hormone, fall, leading to weight gain.
Staying up means stimulating your hunger hormone ghrelin that makes you reach out to high calorie food.
The new procedure, known as endoscopic mucosal ablation, targets the hunger hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, causing some people to over eat.
This is because protein-rich foods such as lean meats, tofu and beans suppress the appetite-stimulating ghrelin and stimulate another hormone called that makes you feel full.
It is thought that this is because lack of sleep stimulates the production of our hunger hormone, ghrelin, while also lowering levels of leptin - the hormone that makes you feel full.
Leptin and ghrelin in relation to Helicobacter pylori status in adult males.
The team also investigated whether vagal ghrelin signaling influences feeding behavior.
There are chemical receptors in the stomach which detect carbon dioxide and cause the cells at the top of the stomach to release ghrelin and it makes you feel hungry.
The sleeve, and especially the bypass, seems to suppress hormones that affect hunger and satiety, like the “hunger hormone” ghrelin — something no diet will ever do.
Common combinations with ghrelin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: