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follicle stimulating hormone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
fol-li-cle s-tim-u-lat-ing hor-mone
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone, secreted in part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in female mammals, and induces spermatogenesis in male mammals.

Inflected Forms

follicle stimulating hormones (plural) FSH (abbreviation) follicle-stimulating hormone (alternative)

Synonyms

follitropin

Questions

What does follicle stimulating hormone mean?
A gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone, secreted in part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in female mammals, and induces spermatogenesis in male mammals.

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