Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
[syn: follicle-stimulating hormone, FSH]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
follicle-stimulating hormone
n 1: 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 [syn: follicle-stimulating hormone,
FSH]