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Definition: Gonadotrophin |
GonadotrophinNoun1. Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: GonadotrophinSynonyms: gonadotrophic hormone (n), gonadotropic hormone (n), gonadotropin (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: chorionic gonadotrophin (medicine), Chorionic Gonadotrophin,Human (medicine), gonadorelin (food & agriculture, medicine), gonadotrophin loading test (medicine), gonadotrophin releasing factor (medicine), gonadotrophin releasing hormone (medicine), gonadotrophin urino-precipitation test (medicine), gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (food & agriculture, medicine), human menopausal gonadotrophin (biology & biotechnology, medicine), Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotrophin (food & agriculture, medicine), serum gonadotrophin (chemistry, medicine). |
| "Gonadotrophin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Gonadotrophin" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "gonadotrophin": human chorionic gonadotrophin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gonadotrophin": gonadotrophin-releasing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gonadotrophin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | serumgonadotrophin (serum gonadotrophin), humant menopausalt gonadotropin (human menopausal gonadotrophin), choriongonadotropin (chorionic gonadotrophin), choriongonadotrophin (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
Dutch | serumgonadotropine (serum gonadotrophin), chorion-gonadotrofine (chorionic gonadotrophin), choriongonadotrofine (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
Finnish | seerumigonadotropiini (serum gonadotrophin), koriongonadotropiini (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
French | gonadotrophine sérique (serum gonadotrophin), gonadotrophine placentaire (chorionic gonadotrophin), gonadotrophine humaine ménopausale (human menopausal gonadotrophin), gonadotrophine chorionique (chorionic gonadotrophin), gonadostimuline chorionique (chorionic gonadotrophin), hormone gonadotrope chorionique (chorionic gonadotrophin), HGG (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
German | Gonadotropin-Releasing-Hormon (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone), Serumgonadotropin (serum gonadotrophin), menschliches Menotropin (human menopausal gonadotrophin), Choriongonadotropin (chorionic gonadotrophin), Choriongonadotrophin (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
Greek | χοριονική γοναδοτροπίνη (chorionic gonadotrophin), ανθρώπινη εμμηνοπαυστική ουρική γοναδοτροφίνη (human menopausal gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
Italian | gonadotropina(urinaria)menopausale umana (human menopausal gonadotrophin), gonadotropina serica (serum gonadotrophin), gonadotropina corionica (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onadotrophingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gonadotrofina serica (serum gonadotrophin), gonadotrofina humana menopáusica (human menopausal gonadotrophin), gonadotrofina coriónica (chorionic gonadotrophin), corionico gonadotrofina (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
Spanish | gonadotropina menopáusica humana (human menopausal gonadotrophin), gonadotrofina sérica (serum gonadotrophin), gonadotrofina coriónica (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
Swedish | serumgonadotropin (serum gonadotrophin), koriongonadotropin (chorionic gonadotrophin), koriogonadotropin (chorionic gonadotrophin), choriongonadotropin (chorionic gonadotrophin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gonadotrophin": gonadotrophins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-h-i-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: gonadotropin. | |
-3 letters: anthropoid, harpooning, nationhood, ornithopod, radiophoto. | |
-4 letters: handprint, orphaning, pardoning, phonating, phonation, pronating, pronation, ratooning. | |
-5 letters: adopting, adoption, adorning, antiphon, antiporn, aproning, donating, donation, drooping, gnathion, handgrip, hoarding, honorand, honoring, ignorant, iodophor, northing, odograph, parotoid, phoronid, photoing, poignant, rigadoon, rogation, tandoori, thorning, throning, trooping, troponin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-h-i-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: gonadotrophins. | |
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