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Definition: TSH |
TSHNoun1. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A glycoprotein secreted by the pars distalis of the pituitary gland in vertebrates that has hormonal activity. It stimulates the growth of the thyroid gland, as well as the secretion of thyroid hormone. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TSH | Danish | Thyreoideastimulerende hormon | Medicine |
TSH | English | Thyroide Stimulating Hormone,thyrotrophin,thyrotrophic hormone | Biology & Biotechnology |
TSH | German | Thyroidstimulierenedes Hormon | Biology & Biotechnology |
TSH | Portuguese | Hormona tirotrópica | Medicine |
TSH | Spanish | Hormona tirotropa | Medicine |
TSH | Swedish | Tyreotropin | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TSHSynonyms: thyroid-stimulating hormone (n), thyrotrophic hormone (n), thyrotrophin (n), thyrotropic hormone (n), thyrotropin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: TSH |
| Specialty definitions using "TSH": Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit ♦ Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating ♦ Receptors, Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "TSH" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (thyreostimulating hormone, thyrotrophin). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In rare instances, elevated TSH levels may be caused by pituitary tumors. (references) | |
Higher-than-normal levels of TSH may indicate hypothyroidism and lower-than-normal levels may suggest hyperthyroidism. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tsh | 293 | hypothyroidism tsh level | 4 |
tsh level | 111 | tsh testing | 4 |
level normal tsh | 35 | high sensitivity tsh | 3 |
tsh test | 34 | elevated level tsh | 3 |
low tsh | 27 | serum tsh | 3 |
tsh blood test | 26 | result test tsh | 3 |
thyroid tsh | 25 | blood tsh | 3 |
level low tsh | 17 | hypothyroid tsh | 3 |
tsh level thyroid | 15 | lab test tsh | 3 |
antibody tsh | 14 | pregnancy tsh | 3 |
high level tsh | 11 | high low t4 tsh | 3 |
high tsh | 10 | normal tsh values | 2 |
elevated tsh | 10 | hyperthyroidism level tsh | 2 |
normal range tsh | 9 | t4 tsh | 2 |
result tsh | 7 | t3 t4 thyroid tsh | 2 |
normal tsh | 6 | hypothyroidism tsh | 2 |
range tsh | 6 | tsh values | 2 |
tsh thyroid test | 5 | low thyroid tsh | 2 |
1 schecter tsh | 4 | lab result tsh | 2 |
tsh hormone | 4 | level pregnancy tsh | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "TSH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | bestemmelse af TSH-niveauet (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bepaling van TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | tyreotropiinin pitoisuus (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | dosage de la TSH (TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | TSH-Stimulations-Test (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | προσδιορισμός της TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | dosaggio del TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | tshay determinación de la TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "TSH": accountantship, accountantships, arhatship, arhatships, assistantship, assistantships, athwartship, athwartships, cadetship, cadetships, consultantship, consultantships, courtship, courtships, fatshedera, fatshederas, hartshorn, hartshorns, hotshot, hotshots, lightship, lightships, nightshade, nightshades, nightshirt, nightshirts, nutshell, nutshells, outshame, outshamed, outshames, outshaming, outshine, outshined, outshines, outshining, outshone, outshoot, outshooting, outshoots, outshot, outshout, outshouted, outshouting, outshouts, postshow, potshard, potshards, potsherd, potsherds, potshot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-s-t" | |
-1 letter: sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-s-t" | |
+1 letter: eths, hast, hats, hest, hets, hist, hits, host, hots, huts, shat, shit, shot, shut, sith, soth, this, thus, tosh, tush. | |
+2 letters: bahts, baths, beths, bhuts, chats, chest, chits, ethos, ghast, ghats, ghost, hadst, haets, hafts, halts, hants, harts, haste, hasty, hates, heats, hefts, heist, hents, hests, heths, hilts, hints, hists, hoist, holts, hoots, horst, hosta, hosts, hunts, hurst, hurts, khats, khets, kiths, laths, maths, meths, moths, musth, myths, oaths, paths, phots, phuts, piths, ruths, saith, shaft, shalt, sheet, shent, shift, shirt, shist, shits, shoat, shoot, short, shote, shots, shott, shout, shtik, shunt, shute, shuts, sight, sixth, sloth, smith, snath, sooth, soths, south, staph, stash, stich, swath, swith, synth, tachs, tahrs, teths, thaws, thens, these, thews, thins, those, thous, thuds, thugs, tophs, trash, tushy, whats, whets, whist, whits. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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