-tropin


-tropin

noun combining form

Definition of -TROPIN

: hormone <gonadotropin> <somatotropin>

Variants of -TROPIN

-tropin or -trophin

Origin of -TROPIN

-tropin, alteration of -trophin, from -trophic + 1-in

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