glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide

noun

variants also glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide

: gastric inhibitory polypeptide

The incretins (i.e., glucagon-like peptide 1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide) are intestinal hormones that stimulate the postprandial production of insulin and glucagon by the pancreas.

—Amy G. Egan et al., The New England Journal of Medicine

—abbreviation GIP