The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates and regulates the activity of the thyroid gland. Also called thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotropic hormone.
n. A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland
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n. anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Word Usage
"Two nuclear intron regions (7th intron of the beta fibrinogen gene and thyrotropin) also were included, but showed limited genetic variation and no fixed differences between the 2 taxa."