thyrotropic hormone

1. 1.

   anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

   Synonymsthyrotropinthyrotrophinthyrotrophic hormonethyroid-stimulating hormoneTSH

   Broaderhormone

Questions about thyrotropic hormone

What does thyrotropic hormone mean?

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

What is another word for thyrotropic hormone?

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

thyrotropic 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.