TSH

thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotrophic hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH

(noun) anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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18 December 2024

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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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