Etymology

preprothyrotropin

Today it means: A large precursor protein of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, derived by posttranscriptional processing and enzymatic modification. Full definition →

English thyrotropin ← Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós) ← Proto-Indo-European *trep-
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  1. Englishprepro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  4. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  5. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  9. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  10. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  11. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  12. Englishthyroid
  13. Englishthyro-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  15. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  16. Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
  17. Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
  18. Englishthyrotropin
  19. English todaypreprothyrotropin

From prepro- + thyrotropin.

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