motilin

1. 1.

   a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine

   Broadergastrointestinal hormone

Other forms of motilin

plural

motilins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about motilin

What does motilin mean?

motilin means "a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine".

How many syllables are in motilin?

motilin has 3 syllables: mo-ti-lin. The stress falls on "mo".

Is motilin a common word?

motilin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.