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Follicle-stimulating hormone
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follicle-stimulating hormone
n. Abbr. FSH
A glycoprotein hormone of the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the Graafian follicles and assists in follicular maturation and in the secretion of estradiol. It also stimulates the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules and assists in inducing spermatogenesis. Also called follitropin.
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
A hormone produced by the pituitary gland that stimulates the follicles in the ovaries to swell and release ripe ova. Doctors sometimes use its levels in a woman's blood to evaluate whether she is in menopause.
Mentioned in: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause, Pituitary Dwarfism
follicle-stimulating hormone
one of the gonadotropic hormones of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates the growth of graafian follicles in the ovary, and stimulates spermatogenesis in the testis. Abbreviated FSH.
follicle-stimulating hormone-s. h. and luteinizing-hormone releasing h. (FSH/LH-RH)
gonadotropin releasing hormone.
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