hormone replacement therapy hormoneeplacement therapy HRT | hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women, believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis |
hormone endocrine internal secretion | the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect |
adrenocorticotropic hormone adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH adrenocorticotropin adrenocorticotrophin corticotropin corticotrophin | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex |
gastrointestinal hormone GI hormones | hormones that affect gastrointestinal functioning |
gonadotropin gonadotrophin gonadotropic hormone gonadotrophic hormone | hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta, stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity |
parathyroid hormone parathormone | hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands, regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting |
releasing hormone RH releasing factor hypothalamic releasing hormone hypothalamic releasing factor | any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones, each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
thyroid hormone | any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically |
vasopressin antidiuretic hormone ADH Pitressin | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus, affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules |
emergence outgrowth growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth, figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece |
rapid climb rapid growth zoom | a rapid rise |
growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
growth | vegetation that has grown, a growth of trees, the only growth was some salt grass |
growth | something grown or growing, a growth of hair |
annual ring growth ring | an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
second growth | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting |
growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to |
economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
growth | a progression from simpler to more complex forms, the growth of culture |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
phytohormone plant hormone growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
steroid hormone steroid sex hormone | any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs |
androgen androgenic hormone | male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics |
follicle-stimulating hormone FSH | a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm |
luteinizing hormone LH interstitial cell-stimulating hormone ICSH | a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary, stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals |
prolactin lactogenic hormone luteotropin | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary, in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition |
releasing factor releasing hormone RF | a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland |
growth hormoneeleasing factor GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
melanocyte-stimulating hormone MSH | a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes |
thyrotropin thyrotropic hormone thyrotrophin thyrotrophic hormone thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH | anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland |
thyrotropineleasing hormone TRH thyrotropineleasing factor TRF protirelin | hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary |
growth rate rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |