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Hypersecretion of calcitonin
Link to WHO Definition
Hypersecretion of calcitonin – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/922786718
This is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing a 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells (also known as C-cells) of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimobranchial body.