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FSH
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follicle stimulating hormone
FSH
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) follicle-stimulating hormone
FSH
Abbreviation of follicle stimulating hormone
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Noun1.FSH - 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
follicle-stimulating hormone
gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin - hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity


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