Stimulating+medicine
121transforming growth factor — n any of a group of polypeptides that are secreted by a variety of cells (as monocytes, T cells, or blood platelets) and have diverse effects (as inducing angiogenesis, stimulating fibroblast proliferation, or inhibiting T cell proliferation) on… …
122villikinin — vil·li·ki·nin .vil ə kī nən n a hormone postulated to exist in order to explain the activity of intestinal extracts in stimulating the intestinal villi * * * vil·li·ki·nin (vil″ĭ kiґnin) [villi + Gr. kinein to move] a hormone… …
123thyrotrophin-releasing hormone — (TRH) a hormone from the hypothalamus (in the brain) that acts on the anterior pituitary gland to stimulate the release of thyroid stimulating hormone. TRH may be given by intravenous injection to test thyroid gland function and to estimate… …
124luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone — 1. a decapeptide hormone elaborated by the median eminence of the hypothalamus that binds to specific receptor sites on gonadotrophs of the adenohypophysis and stimulates the release of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. High… …
125pro-opiomelanocortin — (POMC) pro opio·mel·a·no·cor·tin (POMC) (pro o″pe o mel″ə no korґtin) [pro + endogenous opioids + melanocyte stimulating hormone + corticotropin + in] the 31,000 dalton prohormone that is the precursor of corticotropin, the… …
126clomiphene citrate challenge test — (for female factor infertility) the patient s blood levels of follicle stimulating hormone are measured on the third day of her menstrual cycle and she takes clomiphene citrate on days 5 through 9. If her levels of follicle stimulating hormone… …
127drug — 1. Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease. For types or classifications of drugs, see the specific name. SEE ALSO: agent. 2. To administer or take a …
128mistletoe — SYN: viscum (1). * * * mis·tle·toe mis əl .tō, chiefly Brit miz n any of various parasitic or semiparasitic plants (family Loranthaceae, the mistletoe family) that have thick leathery mostly opposite and sometimes scaly leaves and include some… …
