FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does follicle-stimulating hormone mean? 

• FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (noun)
  The noun FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

follicle-stimulating hormone; FSH

Hypernyms ("follicle-stimulating hormone" is a kind of...):

gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)

 Context examples 

This eventually leads to an inhibition of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion from the hypothalamus and a subsequent inhibition of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) release.

(Desogestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene are associated with follicle-stimulating hormone deficiency, isolated.

(FSHB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes follicle-stimulating hormone receptor protein, plays a role in the regulation of female gamete generation, hormone signaling and gonad development.

(FSHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes follistatin protein, plays a role in inhibiting both follicle-stimulating hormone release and activin-mediated cell growth.

(FST wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called follicle-stimulating hormone and follitropin.

(FSH, NCI Dictionary)

Also called follicle-stimulating hormone and FSH.

(Follitropin, NCI Dictionary)

Norgestrel suppresses the secretion of luteinizing and follicle-stimulating hormones (LH and FSH), thickens cervical mucus, and slows the transit of ova through the fallopian tubes.

(Norgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that blocks the pituitary gland from making hormones called follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

(GnRH antagonist, NCI Dictionary)

Follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (695 aa, ~78 kDa) is encoded by the human FSHR gene.

(Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in inhibiting both activin-mediated cell growth and follicle-stimulating hormone release.

(Follistatin, NCI Thesaurus)