Term: human chorionic gonadotropin: hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: fireman: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: neo-lamarckism: a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: blackbird: common black European thrush
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: undercut: the material removed by a cut made underneath
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: gasoline engine: an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: antagonist: a muscle that relaxes while another contracts
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: desk officer: a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: slate pencil: a pencil of soft slate (or soapstone) used for writing on a slate
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: biosafety level 2: exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in humans but whose potential for transmission is limited
Broader: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Unrelated: presentism: the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled