gonadotrophin
/ɡəʊnadə(ʊ)ˈtɹəʊfɪn/noun
gonadotrophin is a noun meaning “Any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-N-A-D-O-T-R-O-P-H-I-N, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of gonadotrophin is gonadotrophins.
What does gonadotrophin mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gonadotrophin?
- UK /ɡəʊnadə(ʊ)ˈtɹəʊfɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gonadotrophin
- gonadotrophins plural
- gonadotropin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gonadotrophin?
Gonadotrophin appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does gonadotrophin come from?
From gonadotrophic + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).