Definition of Thyrotrophic

1. Adjective. That stimulates the thyroid gland ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to thyrotropism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thyrotrophic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Thyrotrophic

1. Synonym: thyrotropic. Origin: thyro-+ G. Trophe, nourishment (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyrotrophic

thyrotoxic
thyrotoxic coma
thyrotoxic complement-fixation factor
thyrotoxic crisis
thyrotoxic encephalopathy
thyrotoxic heart disease
thyrotoxic myopathy
thyrotoxic serum
thyrotoxicity
thyrotoxicoses
thyrotoxicosis
thyrotoxicotic
thyrotoxin
thyrotoxins
thyrotroph
thyrotrophic (current term)
thyrotrophic hormone
thyrotrophic releasing hormone
thyrotrophin
thyrotrophins
thyrotropic
thyrotropic hormone
thyrotropin
thyrotropin-producing adenoma
thyrotropin-releasing factor
thyrotropin-releasing hormone
thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test
thyrotropin resistance
thyrotropins
thyroxin

Literary usage of Thyrotrophic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, Bennett J. Cohen, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Eleftheriou (1975) also noted that protein-bound iodine (FBI) and the FBI response to thyrotrophic hormone (TSH) decrease progressively from 2 to 30 months ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Thyrotrophic on Dictionary.com!Search for Thyrotrophic on Thesaurus.com!Search for Thyrotrophic on Google!Search for Thyrotrophic on Wikipedia!

Search