Etymology

antigonadotropin

Today it means: A drug that suppresses the activity and/or downstream effects of one or both of the gonadotropins follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), used to treat cancers, to delay puberty, etc. Full definition →

English gonadotropin ← Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós) ← Latin tropus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
  10. Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
  11. Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
  12. New Latingonadēs
  13. Englishgonad
  14. Englishgonado-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  16. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  17. Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
  18. Latintropus
  19. Englishgonadotrope
  20. Englishgonado-
  21. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  22. Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
  23. Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
  24. Englishgonadotropin
  25. English todayantigonadotropin

From anti- + gonadotropin.

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