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antigonadotrophic

antigonadotrophic adjective: inhibiting gonad function.

Adjective

antigonadotrophic (comparative more antigonadotrophic, superlative most antigonadotrophic)

  1. Inhibiting gonad function.
    • Because MLT has an antigonadotrophic effect in humans and rodents by inhibiting testosterone synthesis in the testis, it is difficult to discriminate the direct influence of this hormone in androgen-dependent organs, such as the prostate.2015 July 30, Marina G. Gobbo et al., “Influence of Melatonin on the Proliferative and Apoptotic Responses of the Prostate under Normal and Hyperglycemic Conditions”, in Journal of Diabetes Research...

Forms of antigonadotrophic

comparativemore antigonadotrophic
superlativemost antigonadotrophic

Origin of antigonadotrophic

From anti- + gonadotrophic.

Questions about antigonadotrophic

What does antigonadotrophic mean?
Antigonadotrophic means inhibiting gonad function.
What part of speech is antigonadotrophic?
Antigonadotrophic is an adjective.

Words near antigonadotrophic in the dictionary

  1. antigoglin
  2. antigold
  3. antigoldstino
  4. antigoldstinos
  5. antigolf
  6. antigonadotrophic
  7. antigonadotrophin
  8. antigonadotrophins
  9. antigonadotropic
  10. antigonadotropin
  11. antigonadotropins

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