INHIBIN


Meaning of INHIBIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈhi-bən ]

noun

Etymology: Latin inhibēre to inhibit + English -in (I)

Date: 1932

: a glycoprotein hormone that is secreted by the pituitary gland and in the male by the Sertoli cells and in the female by the granulosa cells and that inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone

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