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tropin

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 261 words | Copyright

tropin A hormone that induces the release of other hormones. The pituitary gland releases tropins which cause other glands of the endocrine system to release hormones unique to those glands, often in a negative feedback relationship to the pituitary secretions.

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