gonadotropic substance

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• gonadotropic — adj. of a substance which encourages the development or activity of the ovaries and testes (Chemistry) …   English contemporary dictionary

• gonadotrope — /goh nad euh trohp /, n. Biochem. a gonadotropic substance. [GONAD + O + TROPE] * * * …   Universalium

• gonadotropin — /goh nad euh troh pin, gon euh doh /, n. Biochem. a gonadotropic substance. Also, gonadotrophin /goh nad euh troh fin, gon euh doh /. Cf. chorionic gonadotropin. [1935 40; GONADOTROP(IC) + IN2] * * * …   Universalium

• gonadotrope — /goh nad euh trohp /, n. Biochem. a gonadotropic substance. [GONAD + O + TROPE] …   Useful english dictionary

• Hormone — A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or organs. Many hormones are secreted by specialized glands such as the thyroid gland. Hormones are essential for every activity of daily living,… …   Medical dictionary

• endocrine system — Group of ductless glands that secrete hormones necessary for normal growth and development, reproduction, and homeostasis. The major endocrine glands are the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, islets of Langerhans, adrenals, parathyroids, ovaries …   Universalium

• hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… …   Universalium

• unit — 1. One; a single person or thing. 2. A standard of measure, weight, or any other quality, by multiplications or fractions of which a scale or system is formed. 3. A group of persons or things considered as a whole because of mutual activities or… …   Medical dictionary

• Gonadotropin — Hormones that are secreted by the pituitary gland, and that affect the function of the male or female gonads. See follicle stimulating hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin. * * * 1. A hormone capable of promoting gonadal growth and function;… …   Medical dictionary

• human development — ▪ biology Introduction  the process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity.       Human growth is far from being a simple and uniform process of becoming taller or larger. As a child (child development) gets bigger,… …   Universalium

• reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …   Universalium