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Detailed Synonyms for follicle-stimulating hormone in English
follicle-stimulating hormone:
follicle-stimulating hormone [the ~] noun
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the follicle-stimulating hormone
– a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm 1the FSH; the follicle-stimulating hormone– a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm 1