- adenohypophysial hormones
- anterior pituitary h's.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
adenohypophysial hormones
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anterior pituitary hormones — the hormones secreted by the adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary), including growth hormone, thyrotropin, prolactin, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, β lipotropin, and corticotropin. Called also adenohypophysial h s … Medical dictionary
hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… … Universalium
neurohormone — /noor oh hawr mohn, nyoor /, n. Biochem. any of various substances, as antidiuretic hormone, formed in the nervous system and delivered to an effector organ through blood circulation. [1940 45; NEURO + HORMONE] * * * ▪ hormone any of a… … Universalium
prepubertal panhypopituitarism — inadequate production of all adenohypophysial hormones that begins before puberty and is associated with subnormal growth. See also pituitary dwarfism, under dwarfism … Medical dictionary
factor — 1. One of the contributing causes in any action. 2. One of the components that by multiplication makes up a number or expression. 3. SYN: gene. 4. A vitamin or other essential element. 5. An event, characteristic, or other definable entity that … Medical dictionary
hypophysiotropic area — the part of the hypothalamus that contains neurons that secrete hormones that regulate adenohypophysial cells … Medical dictionary
adenohypophysis — [ad΄ n ōhī päf′ə sis] n. pl. adenohypophyses [ad′ n ō hī päf′əsēz΄] the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland: it secretes such hormones as ACTH and luteinizing hormone: cf. NEUROHYPOPHYSIS adenohypophyseal adj. adenohypophysial [ad΄ n ōhī΄pō… … English World dictionary
