Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun follicle-stimulating_hormone

1 sense of follicle-stimulating hormone

Sense 1
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)
       => gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone -- (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)