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thyrotrophin

thyrotrophin is the alternative form of thyrotropin.

Meaning of thyrotropin

Noun

thyrotropin (countable and uncountable, plural thyrotropins)

  1. A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.

Forms of thyrotrophin

pluralthyrotrophins

Questions about thyrotrophin

What is thyrotrophin the alternative form of?
Thyrotrophin is the alternative form of thyrotropin.

Words near thyrotrophin in the dictionary

  1. thyrotoxins
  2. thyrotrope
  3. thyrotropes
  4. thyrotroph
  5. thyrotrophic
  6. thyrotrophin
  7. thyrotrophins
  8. thyrotrophs
  9. thyrotropic
  10. thyrotropic hormone
  11. thyrotropin

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