Meanings
nounmenotropin (countable and uncountable, plural menotropins)
plural menotropins
- countableuncountablehuman menopausal gonadotropin; an active substance for the treatment of fertility disturbances
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
- Proto-Hellenic*méns
- Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
- Frenchméno-
- Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
- Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
- Latinpausa
- Frenchménopause
- Englishmenopause
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmenopausal
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
- Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
- Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
- Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
- New Latingonadēs
- Englishgonad
- Englishgonado-
- Proto-Indo-European*trep-
- Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
- Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
- Latintropus
- Englishgonadotrope
- Englishgonado-
- Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
- Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
- Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
- Englishgonadotropin
- Englishmenotropin
Blend of menopausal + gonadotropin.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French ménotropine
- ménotropineTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with menotropin
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APA
menotropin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menotropin
MLA
“menotropin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menotropin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menotropin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menotropin.
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