Zollinger-ellison syndrome
a condition in which a gastrin-secreting tumor of the pancreas or small intestine causes excessive secretion of gastric juice, leading to intractable peptic ulcers.
zollinger-ellison syndrome zol·lin·ger-el·li·son syndrome (zŏl’ĭn-jər-ěl’ĭ-sən)
n.
peptic ulceration together with gastric hypersecretion and non-beta cell tumor of the pancreatic islets; it is sometimes -ssociated with familial polyendocrine adenomatosis.
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