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thyrotrope

thyrotrope noun: an endocrine cell in the anterior pituitary which produces thyroid-stimulating hormone in response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone.

Noun

thyrotrope (plural thyrotropes)

  1. An endocrine cell in the anterior pituitary which produces thyroid-stimulating hormone in response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone.

Forms of thyrotrope

pluralthyrotropes

Origin of thyrotrope

From thyro- + -trope.

Questions about thyrotrope

What does thyrotrope mean?
Thyrotrope means an endocrine cell in the anterior pituitary which produces thyroid-stimulating hormone in response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone.
What part of speech is thyrotrope?
Thyrotrope is a noun.
What is the plural of thyrotrope?
The plural of thyrotrope is thyrotropes.

Words near thyrotrope in the dictionary

  1. thyrotoxicosis
  2. thyrotoxicosis factitia
  3. thyrotoxicotic
  4. thyrotoxin
  5. thyrotoxins
  6. thyrotrope
  7. thyrotropes
  8. thyrotroph
  9. thyrotrophic
  10. thyrotrophin
  11. thyrotrophins

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