INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interstitial cell-stimulating hormone mean? 

• INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE (noun)
  The noun INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERSTITIAL CELL-STIMULATING HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ICSH; interstitial cell-stimulating hormone; LH; luteinizing hormone

Hypernyms ("interstitial cell-stimulating hormone" is a kind of...):

gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)

 Context examples 

Also called interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, LH, and luteinizing hormone.

(Lutropin, NCI Dictionary)

Also called interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, LH, and lutropin.

(Luteinizing hormone, NCI Dictionary)

Also called interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and lutropin.

(LH, NCI Dictionary)