gonadotropin-releasing hormone
gonadotropin–releasing hormone
nounDefinition of GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE
: a hormone secreted by the hypothalamus that stimulates the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland to release gonadotropins (as luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone) —abbreviation GnRH —called also luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
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1974
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