long-acting thyroid stimulator
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long-acting thyroid stimulator
(LATS)a substance occurring in the blood in hyperthyroidism, having a stimulating effect on the thyroid of longer duration than that of thyrotropin. It is associated with immunoglobulin IgG and may function as an autoantibody.
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long-act·ing thy·roid stim·u·la·tor (LATS),
a substance, found in the blood of some hyperthyroid patients, which exerts a prolonged stimulatory effect on the thyroid gland; associated in plasma with the IgG (7 S γ-globulin) fraction and seems to be an antibody or, perhaps, an immune complex.
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long-act·ing thy·roid stim·u·la·tor
(LATS) (lawng'ak'ting thī'royd stim'yū-lā-tŏr)A substance, found in the blood of some hyperthyroid patients, which exerts a prolonged stimulatory effect on the thyroid gland; associated in plasma with the immunoglobulin (7S γ-globulin) fraction and seems to be an antibody or, perhaps, an immune complex.
Compare: bioregulator
Compare: bioregulator
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long-act·ing thy·roid stim·u·la·tor
(lawng'ak'ting thī'royd stim'yū-lā-tŏr)A hematologic substance that exerts a prolonged stimulatory effect on the thyroid gland.
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