GONADOTROPHIN

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gonadotrophin mean? 

• GONADOTROPHIN (noun)
  The noun GONADOTROPHIN has 1 sense:

1. hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity

  Familiarity information: GONADOTROPHIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONADOTROPHIN (noun)

Meaning:

Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin

Hypernyms ("gonadotrophin" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gonadotrophin"):

follicle-stimulating hormone; FSH (a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm)

HCG; human chorionic gonadotrophin; human chorionic gonadotropin (hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test)

ICSH; interstitial cell-stimulating hormone; LH; luteinizing hormone (a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals)

lactogenic hormone; luteotropin; prolactin (gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition)