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MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melanocyte-stimulating hormone mean? 

MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE (noun)
  The noun MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

melanocyte-stimulating hormone; MSH

Hypernyms ("melanocyte-stimulating hormone" 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)


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