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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates and regulates the activity of the thyroid gland.
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- noun A
thyroid -stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by thepituitary gland
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- noun anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The hypothalamus releases a hormone called thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH), which sends a signal to the pituitary to release thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH).
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Two nuclear intron regions (7th intron of the beta fibrinogen gene and thyrotropin) also were included, but showed limited genetic variation and no fixed differences between the 2 taxa.
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The hypothalamus secretes thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), triggering the pituitary to make thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).
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The hypothalamus secretes thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), which tells the pituitary to make thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).
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Changes in serum thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and thyrotropin induced by lithium in normal subjects and in rats (The James A. Bush memorial research awards) by Connie Child
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The TSH, aka Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, or thyrotropin for short.
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A review of the literature revealed a similar effect in different target cells in response to a broad array of stimuli, including parasympathetic secretory cells responding to acetylcholine and thyroid gland cells to their cognate hormones, thyrotropin (TSH).
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Nor do the authors have good words for dairy which they write treats unwitting consumers to prolactin, somatostatin, melatonin, oxytocin, growth hormone, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone and fourteen other unwanted hormones in addition to fat, calories, cholesterol and antibiotics.
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He helped Dr. Guillemin to his first success, the identification of TRF, or thyrotropin releasing factor.
NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2012
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He helped Dr. Guillemin to his first success, the identification of TRF, or thyrotropin releasing factor.
NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2012
artoparts commented on the word thyrotropin
Aka: TSH for thyroid stimulating hormone.
March 30, 2009