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gonadotrope
  1. A basophil that produces gonadotropin
  2. A gonadotropic material
  3. Examples:
    1. “In mouse pituitary gonadotrope cells, MMP2 and MMP9 can mediate EGFR transactivation.”
      “Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone-signal transduction and stathmin phosphorylation in the gonadotrope aT3-1 cell line.”
      “The gonadotrope cells of the pituitary produce luteinizing hormone and FSH under the control of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone.”
gonadarche
  1. The earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.
gonadotrophin
  1. Any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Hormone injections with human gonadotrophin hormone may be offered to you if clomiphene has not worked for you.”
      “Anterior pituitary function was investigated in five patients using glucagon, thyrotrophin releasing hormone, and gonadotrophin releasing hormone challenge.”
      “Increased concentration levels of cortisol have been associated with significant increases in gonadotrophin levels and lowered progestin levels.”
gonadotropin
  1. any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates
  2. Examples:
    1. “Before epiphyseal closure, the stimulative effects of chorionic gonadotropin on the interstitial cells of the testes may prove beneficial.”
      “Research funded by IDRC demonstrated that a hormone, gonadotropin, was required to induce spawning.”
      “Recombinant gonadotropin is used to hormonally stimulate the ovaries and has to be injected daily.”
gonadogenesis
  1. (physiology) The generation and development of the gonads.
gonadotroph
gonadotoxicity
  1. Toxicity to the gonads.
gonad
  1. (plural) The testicles.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “She underwent a surgery to remove her cancerous gonad, but will still be able to conceive with the remaining healthy organ.”
      “In mammals, germ cells undergo a small number of proliferative mitotic cell divisions as they migrate to the gonad.”
      “The reproductive system is composed of a single saccular gonad in a coelomic pouch lying dorsal to the digestive system.”
gonadotrophins
  1. plural of gonadotrophin
gonadotropins
  1. plural of gonadotropin
  2. Examples:
    1. “For example, gonadotropins that are produced by the hypothalamic-pituitary gland stimulate secretion of gonadal steroids.”
      “These gonadotropins in turn stimulate synthesis of steroid hormones in target tissues.”
      “The estrogen also decreases secretion of gonadotropins by the anterior pituitary, with a consequent decrease in the amount of androgens produced by the ovaries.”
gonadotropes
  1. plural of gonadotrope
gonadotrophs
  1. plural of gonadotroph
gonads
  1. plural of gonad
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “To compensate, internal organs such as the gizzard, gonads, and intestine may shrink.”
      “Cysts of different shapes and sizes appeared in the conjunctive tissues of the abdomen and viscera, mainly in the liver, gonads, and pancreas.”
      “The fugu enjoys the rare though not necessarily enviable distinction of having the most lethal skin, intestines, livers and gonads in the world.”
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