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thyrotropin

noun
thy路​ro路​tro路​pin | \ 藢th墨-r蓹-藞tr艒-p蓹n How to pronounce thyrotropin (audio) \
variants: or less commonly thyrotrophin \ 藢th墨-​r蓹-​藞tr艒-​f蓹n How to pronounce thyrotrophin (audio) \

Definition of thyrotropin

: thyroid-stimulating hormone

Examples of thyrotropin in a Sentence

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 A primer: Your pituitary gland manufactures a hormone called thyrotropin, or T.S.H. (thyroid stimulating hormone). — Paula Span, New York Times, "Could Be the Thyroid; Could Be Ennui. Either Way, the Drug Isn鈥檛 Helping.," 21 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use of thyrotropin

1939, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for thyrotropin

thyrotropic, thyrotrophic

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thyrotropin

noun
thy路​ro路​tro路​pin | \ 藢th墨-r蓹-藞tr艒-p蓹n How to pronounce thyrotropin (audio) \
variants: also thyrotrophin \ -​f蓹n How to pronounce thyrotrophin (audio) \

Medical Definition of thyrotropin

1 : thyroid-stimulating hormone
2 : a recombinant form of thyroid-stimulating hormone used especially as a diagnostic agent (as in the detection of thyroid cancer)

— called also thyrotropin alfa

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