Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sex hormone-binding globulin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: sex hor-mone-bind-ing -glob-u-lin
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glycoprotein produced in the liver that binds tightly to testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol and transports them in blood.

Inflected Forms

sex hormone-binding globulins (plural) SHBG (alternative, initialism) sex hormone binding globulin (alternative) sex-hormone-binding globulin (alternative)

Synonyms

sex steroid binding protein sex steroid binding plasma protein

Questions

What does sex hormone-binding globulin mean?: A glycoprotein produced in the liver that binds tightly to testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol and transports them in blood.

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