RELAXIN

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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

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)

 Context examples 

The three main somatomedins are Somatomedin C (IGF1), Somatomedin A (IGF2), and Somatomedin B. Single chain IGFs I and II share about 47% amino acid homology with insulin (INS) and 31% with relaxin.

(Insulin-like growth factor, NCI Thesaurus)

Insulin-like growth factors I and II, also known as somatomedin C and somatomedin A, respectively, are single chain polypeptides which share an amino acid sequence homology of about 47% with insulin and about 31% with relaxin and with them comprise the insulin family of polypeptide growth factors.

(Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2, NCI Thesaurus)