单词 | chorionic gonadotropin |
释义 | chorionic gonadotropinor chorionic gonadotrophinnounAlso called human chorionic gonadotropin. Biochemistry. a hormone, produced in the incipient placenta of pregnant women, that stimulates the production of estrogen and progesterone: its presence in blood or urine is an indication of pregnancy. Pharmacology. a commercial form of this substance, obtained from the urine of pregnant mares, used in medicine in the treatment of testicular disorders and functional uterine bleeding, and in veterinary medicine in the treatment of cystic ovaries, especially in cows and mares. Origin of chorionic gonadotropingonadotrop(ic) + -in2 Words nearby chorionic gonadotropinchorioma, choriomeningitis, chorion, chorionic epithelioma, chorionic gonadotrophin, chorionic gonadotropin, chorionic growth hormone-prolactin, chorionic villus, chorionic villus sampling, chorioretinal, chorioretinitis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Medical definitions for chorionic gonadotropinchorionic gonadotropin n.A glycoprotein that is produced by the placenta and is excreted in the urine of pregnant women, and that acts to stimulate ovarian secretion of the estrogen and progesterone that are required to maintain the conceptus; it is used as an aid for conception and in the treatment of cryptorchidism.anterior pituitary-like hormone chorionic gonadotropic hormone human chorionic gonadotropin The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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