TSH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does TSH mean? 

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

1. anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

thyroid-stimulating hormone; thyrotrophic hormone; thyrotrophin; thyrotropic hormone; thyrotropin; TSH

Hypernyms ("TSH" 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 

Lanreotide inhibits the secretion of growth hormone (GH) by binding to pituitary somatostatin receptors, and may inhibit various other hormones, including thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and the gastroenteropancreatic hormones insulin, glucagon and gastrin.

(Lanreotide Acetate Copolymer Microparticles, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyperthyroidism associated with a diffuse hyperplastic goiter resulting from production of an antibody directed against the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor, which acts as an agonist of TSH.

(Graves' Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Lanreotide inhibits the secretion of growth hormone (GH) by binding to pituitary somatostatin receptors, and may inhibit the release of various other hormones, including thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and the gastroenteropancreatic hormones insulin, glucagon and gastrin.

(Lanreotide Long-Acting Aqueous Gel, NCI Thesaurus)

G-protein coupled receptors are thought to have seven membrane spanning domains and have been divided into 2 subclasses: those in which the binding site is in the extracellular domain for example receptors for glycoprotein hormones, such as thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and those in which the ligand binding site is likely to be in the plane of the 7 transmembrane domains for example rhodopsin and receptors for small neurotransmitters and hormones for example muscarinic acetylcholine receptor.

(G Protein-Coupled Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)