thyroid-stimulating hormone

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   anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

   Synonymsthyrotropinthyrotropic hormonethyrotrophinthyrotrophic hormoneTSH

   Broaderhormone

Questions about thyroid-stimulating hormone

What does thyroid-stimulating hormone mean?

thyroid-stimulating hormone means "anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland".

What is another word for thyroid-stimulating hormone?

Close synonyms include thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotrophic hormone, TSH. 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 thyroid-stimulating hormone a common word?

thyroid-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.