thyroid-stimulating hormone

[ thahy-roid stim-yuh-ley-ting ]

/ ˈθaɪ rɔɪd ˌstɪm yəˌleɪ tɪŋ /

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noun Biochemistry.

thyrotropin. Abbreviation: TSH

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Origin of thyroid-stimulating hormone

First recorded in 1955–60

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How to use thyroid-stimulating hormone in a sentence

You have to acknowledge your age and position in life, for me quite a lot of those emotionally fueled songs were hormone songs.
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He was prescribed a course of hormone pills that caused him to grow breasts and rendered him impotent.
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Or, if your show is about ideas, then I think it has to be intellectually stimulating first.
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While not the most stimulating for those less passionate about cattle, Grandin made it interesting.
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McAndrews agreed that the androgenic hormone pill would be problematic for those with a genetic propensity for ADA.
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And she fell to scolding him in the way he usually loved,—but at the moment found less stimulating for some reason.
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This was a somewhat singular mode of stimulating, but he deemed it the wisest course, and acted on it.
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Peruvian guano is more stimulating than either, and makes a light-colored, thin leaf.
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Successive defeats, and the formidable front of the enemy, make it the more stimulating.
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The tea was delicious in its first delicate infusion; the pickled plums most stimulating to a morning appetite.
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British Dictionary definitions for thyroid-stimulating hormone

thyroid-stimulating hormone

noun

another name for thyrotropin Abbreviation: TSH

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Scientific definitions for thyroid-stimulating hormone

thyroid stimulating hormone

A glycoprotein hormone secreted by the anterior portion of the pituitary gland that stimulates and regulates the activity of the thyroid gland. Also called thyrotropin