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urofollitropin

urofollitropin noun: a purified form of follicle-stimulating hormone from the urine of postmenopausal women, important in the development of follicles by the ovaries.

Noun

urofollitropin (uncountable)

  1. A purified form of follicle-stimulating hormone from the urine of postmenopausal women, important in the development of follicles by the ovaries.

Origin of urofollitropin

From uro- + follitropin.

Questions about urofollitropin

What does urofollitropin mean?
Urofollitropin means a purified form of follicle-stimulating hormone from the urine of postmenopausal women, important in the development of follicles by the ovaries.
What part of speech is urofollitropin?
Urofollitropin is a noun.

Words near urofollitropin in the dictionary

  1. uroflowmeter
  2. uroflowmeters
  3. uroflowmetric
  4. uroflowmetry
  5. uroflows
  6. urofollitropin
  7. urofuscin
  8. urofuscohaematin
  9. urofuscohematin
  10. urogastric
  11. urogastrone

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