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hormone
has definitions from the fields of biology,anatomy,biochemistry
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[ noun ] (biology,anatomy,biochemistry) an endocrine secretion that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Synonyms Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)Iodination of tyrosine , however , is not enough for the synthesis of hormone . The hormone has also been called thyrotrophin or thyrotrophic_hormone . At the present_time we do not know by what biochemical_mechanism TSH acts_on the thyroid , but for bio-assay of the hormone there are a number of properties by which its activity may be estimated , including release of iodine from the thyroid , increase in thyroid weight , increase in mean height of the follicular cells and increase in the thyroidal uptake of * * f . Two problems present themselves in considering any hormone in blood . First , is the circulating form of the hormone the same as that found in the gland where it is synthesised and stored ? Related terms secretion thyroid-stimulating_hormone thyrotrophin thyroxine thyroid_hormone insulin noradrenaline catecholamine adrenocorticotropic_hormone relaxin oxytocin melatonin ghrelin adrenosterone somatotropin hypothalamic_releasing_factor thymosin glucagon glucocorticoid steroid_hormone gastrin adrenotrophin vasopressin parathormone secretin melanocyte-stimulating_hormone neurohormone gonadotropin protirelin adrenaline |
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