GONADOTROPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gonadotropin mean? 

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

1. hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONADOTROPIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin

Hypernyms ("gonadotropin" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gonadotropin"):

follicle-stimulating hormone; FSH (a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm)

HCG; human chorionic gonadotrophin; human chorionic gonadotropin (hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test)

ICSH; interstitial cell-stimulating hormone; LH; luteinizing hormone (a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals)

lactogenic hormone; luteotropin; prolactin (gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition)

Derivation:

gonadotropic (of or relating to or involving gonadotropin)

 Context examples 

Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin may also be produced in response to certain conditions that are not cancer.

(Choriogonadotropin Subunit Beta, NCI Dictionary)

There is often marked elevation of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in the blood.

(Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Deslorelin binds to and activates pituitary gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) receptors.

(Deslorelin, NCI Thesaurus)

Serum human chorionic gonadotropin is elevated.

(Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The combination of ethinyl estradiol with drospirenone suppresses the hypothalamic-pituitary system, leading to an inhibition of the release of gonadotropin hormones follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

(Drospirenone/Ethinyl Estradiol, NCI Thesaurus)

Buserelin binds to and activates pituitary gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) receptors.

(Buserelin, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide vaccine derived from the synthetic peptide pyroEHWSYGLRPG, corresponding to amino acids 22-31 of mouse gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), with potential immunocastration activity.

(Anti-GnRH Vaccine PEP223, NCI Thesaurus)

Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin is a type of tumor marker.

(Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, NCI Dictionary)

An invasive ductal breast carcinoma, not otherwise specified, characterized by increased levels of human beta-chorionic gonadotropin in the serum.

(Breast Carcinoma with Choriocarcinomatous Features, NCI Thesaurus)

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of chorionic gonadotropin in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Chorionic Gonadotropin Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)