thyroid stimulating hormone
1thyroid-stimulating hormone — n a hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis of the pituitary gland that regulates the formation and secretion of thyroid hormone called also thyrotropic hormone, thyrotropin, TSH * * * (TSH …
2Thyroid-stimulating hormone — protein Name = Thyroid stimulating hormone, alpha (Glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide) caption = width = HGNCid = 1885 Symbol = CGA AltSymbols = HCG, GPHa, GPHA1 EntrezGene = 1081 OMIM = 118850 RefSeq = NM 000735 UniProt = P01215 PDB =… …
3thyroid stimulating hormone — tireotropinas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Baltyminis adenohipofizės hormonas. atitikmenys: angl. thyroid stimulating hormone; thyroidic stimulating hormone; thyrotropin rus. тиреотропин; тиреотропный гормон …
4thyroid-stimulating hormone test — thyroid stimulating hormone stimulation test (for thyroid function) TSH test; thyrotropin (thyroid stimulating hormone) is administered intramuscularly and the thyroid gland is monitored over time with scintiscanning or radioimmunoassays for a… …
5thyroid-stimulating hormone assay — thyroid stimulating hormone test …
6thyroid-stimulating hormone — hormone which is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and stimulates activity in the thyroid gland (Endocrinology), TSH …
7thyroid-stimulating hormone — TSH. A hormone produced by the pituitary gland. TSH stimulates the release of thyroid hormone from thyroglobulin. It also stimulates the growth of thyroid follicular cells. An abnormal TSH level may mean that the thyroid hormonal regulation… …
8thyroid-stimulating hormone — TSH; = thyrotrophin a hormone, synthesized and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland under the control of thyrotrophin releasing hormone, that stimulates activity of the thyroid gland. Defects in TSH production lead to over or under secretion… …
9thyroid-stimulating hormone — noun anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑thyrotropin, ↑thyrotropic hormone, ↑thyrotrophin, ↑thyrotrophic hormone, ↑TSH • Hypernyms: ↑hormone, ↑ …
10thyroid-stimulating hormone — (= TSH; thyrotropin) Polypeptide hormone (28 kD), secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that activates cyclic AMP production in thyroid cells leading to production and release of the thyroid hormones …