Follicle-Stimulating Hormone

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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

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Classifications

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Follicle-Stimulating Hormones
possessive: Follicle-Stimulating Hormone's
pluralpossessive: Follicle-Stimulating Hormones'

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