Meanings
nounpreprothyrotropin (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryA large precursor protein of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, derived by posttranscriptional processing and enzymatic modification.
Origin
- Englishprepro-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
- Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
- New Latinthyreoīdēs
- Englishthyroid
- Englishthyro-
- Proto-Indo-European*trep-
- Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
- Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
- Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
- Englishthyrotropin
- Englishpreprothyrotropin
From prepro- + thyrotropin.
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