THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE


Meaning of THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1941

: a hormone that is secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland and stimulates the thyroid gland ― abbreviation TSH ― called also thyrotropic hormone thyrotropin

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