thyroid-stimulating_hormone has definitions from the fields of biology,anatomy,biochemistry
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[ noun ] (biology,anatomy,biochemistry) anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

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hormone

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[ noun ] (biology,anatomy,biochemistry) a pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

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(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

The name thyroid-stimulating_hormone ( TSH ) has been given to a substance found in the anterior pituitary_gland of all species of animal so_far tested for its presence .

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hormone

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