stimulate : Idioms & Phrases


follicle-stimulating hormone

  • noun a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm
    FSH.
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interstitial cell-stimulating hormone

  • noun a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals
    luteinizing hormone; ICSH; LH.
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melanocyte-stimulating hormone

  • noun a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
    MSH.
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thyroid-stimulating hormone

  • noun anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
    TSH; thyrotropic hormone; thyrotropin; thyrotrophin; thyrotrophic hormone.
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