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lipotropin

lipotropin noun: a pituitary hormone that promotes the metabolism of fat, and is a precursor to the endorphins.

Noun

lipotropin (plural lipotropins, abbreviation LPH)

  1. A pituitary hormone that promotes the metabolism of fat, and is a precursor to the endorphins.

lipotropin meaning in Tamil

lipotropin in Tamil

கொழுப்புத் தூண்டி

Forms of lipotropin

plurallipotropins
abbreviationLPH

Origin of lipotropin

From lipo- + tropin.

Words formed from lipotropin

  • β-lipotropin
  • γ-lipotropin

Questions about lipotropin

What does lipotropin mean?
Lipotropin means a pituitary hormone that promotes the metabolism of fat, and is a precursor to the endorphins.
What is lipotropin in Tamil?
Lipotropin in Tamil is கொழுப்புத் தூண்டி. See Lipotropin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lipotropin?
Lipotropin is a noun.
What is the plural of lipotropin?
The plural of lipotropin is lipotropins.

Words near lipotropin in the dictionary

  1. lipotrope
  2. lipotropes
  3. lipotrophic
  4. lipotropic
  5. lipotropically
  6. lipotropin
  7. lipotropins
  8. lipotropism
  9. lipotropisms
  10. lipotropy
  11. lipotyphlan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lipotropin (page history and authors); lipotropin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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