interstitial cell-stimulating hormone

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   a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

   Synonymsluteinizing hormoneLHICSH

   Broadergonadotropin

Questions about interstitial cell-stimulating hormone

What does interstitial cell-stimulating hormone mean?

interstitial cell-stimulating hormone means "a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals".

What is another word for interstitial cell-stimulating hormone?

Close synonyms include luteinizing hormone, LH, ICSH. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is interstitial cell-stimulating hormone a common word?

interstitial cell-stimulating hormone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.