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inhibin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
in-hib-in
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A peptide hormone, secreted by the gonads, which inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and is thus under consideration as a male contraceptive

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From inhibit + -in.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

inhibins (plural)

Questions

What does inhibin mean?
A peptide hormone, secreted by the gonads, which inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and is thus under consideration as a male contraceptive
Where does inhibin come from?
From inhibit + -in.

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