thyrotropin

[ thahy-ruh-troh-pin, thahy-ro-truh- ]

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Biochemistry.

thyrotropin

/ ˌθaɪrəʊˈtrəʊfɪn; ˌθaɪrəʊˈtrəʊpɪn /

a glycoprotein hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland: it stimulates the activity of the thyroid gland Also calledthyroid-stimulating hormone

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First recorded in 1935–40; thyro- + -trope + -in ²

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C20: from thyro- + -trope + -in

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Examples have not been reviewed.

He helped Dr. Guillemin to his first success, the identification of TRF, or thyrotropin releasing factor.

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Sleeping less also alters your thyroid metabolism by decreasing your pituitary gland's production of thyrotropin, a thyroid-stimulating hormone.

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