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thyrotrophs

thyrotrophs is the plural of thyrotroph.

Meaning of thyrotroph

Noun

thyrotroph (plural thyrotrophs)

  1. A thyrotrope.
    • There is an influence arising in, or transmitted by, the hypothalamus, which reaches the anterior or adeno lobe by way of the pituitary stalk and has important stimulating effects on the thyrotrophs.1964, Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, The Thyroid Gland, volume 2, page 7

Questions about thyrotrophs

What is thyrotrophs the plural of?
Thyrotrophs is the plural of thyrotroph.

Words near thyrotrophs in the dictionary

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

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