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lipotropin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lipotropin
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pituitary hormone that promotes the metabolism of fat, and is a precursor to the endorphins.

Etymology

From lipo- + tropin.

Inflected Forms

lipotropins (plural) LPH (abbreviation)

Phrases

β-lipotropin γ-lipotropin

Questions

What does lipotropin mean?
A pituitary hormone that promotes the metabolism of fat, and is a precursor to the endorphins.
Where does lipotropin come from?
From lipo- + tropin.

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