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Dictionary entry overview: What does relaxin mean?

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

1. hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor

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

Dictionary entry details

• RELAXIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("relaxin" 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)

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