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Definition: FSH

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"FSH" is a common misspelling or typo for: fish, fash, RSH, FSB, FSU, TSH, FSN, CSH.

Date "FSH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1955. (references)

Specialty Definition: FSH

Domain Definition
Environment Finishing superheater. (references)
Health A gonadotropic hormone found in the pituitary tissues of mammals. It regulates the metabolic activity of ovarian granulosa cells and testicular Sertoli cells, induces maturation of Graafian follicles in the ovary, and promotes the development of the germinal cells in the testis. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: FSH

Expressions Domain Definition
Receptors, FSH Health Cell surface proteins that bind follicle-stimulating hormone with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes influencing the behavior of cells. (references)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FSH

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
FSH Danish Follikelstimulerende hormon Medicine
FSH Dutch Follikelstimulerend hormoon Medicine
FSH English Follicle-stimulating hormone Medicine
FSH German Follikelreifungshormon Medicine
FSH Italian Ormone follicolostimolante Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: FSH

FSH

FSH may refer to:

  • Follicle-stimulating hormone
  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
  • International Civil Aviation Organisation code for Flash Airlines
  • Former Toronto Stock Exchange symbol for Four Seasons Hotels
  • Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Japanese professional baseball team
  • File System Hierarchy or Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, defines the main directories and their contents in GNU/Linux and other Unix-like computer operating systems

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "FSH". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: FSH

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
FSH 2     FSH 2
FSH Communications 2     FSH Communications 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"FSH" is a common misspelling or typo for: fish, fash, RSH, FSB, FSU, TSH, FSN, CSH.


Computed Synonyms: FSH

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 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   3.0174   FSH     follicle stimulating hormone     Follicle-stimulating hormone   
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Translations: FSH

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 卵泡刺激素 (fsh). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, FSH. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 卵泡刺激素 (fsh). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, FSH. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 濾胞刺激ホルモン (follicle stimulating hormone, FSH), 卵胞刺激ホルモン (follicle stimulating hormone, Follicle-stimulating hormone, FSH), ろ胞刺激ホルモン (follicle stimulating hormone, FSH). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, FSH. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish folitropina (follicle-stimulating hormone, follitropin, FSH). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, FSH. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: FSH

Language Translations for “FSH” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag FSHathag (FSH). Additional references: Athag, FSH. (volunteer)
Double Dutch FSHag (FSH). Additional references: Double Dutch, FSH. (volunteer)
Leet |?]~[§]~[ (FSH). Additional references: Leet, FSH. (volunteer)
Oppish FSHop (FSH). Additional references: Oppish, FSH. (volunteer)
Pig Latin FSHAY (FSH). Additional references: Pig Latin, FSH. (volunteer)
Terran B folitropina (follitropin, FSH). Additional references: Terran B, FSH. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi FSHub (FSH). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, FSH. (volunteer)
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