CORTICOTROPHINS | • corticotrophins n. Plural of corticotrophin. • CORTICOTROPHIN n. a hormone that stimulates the adrenal gland, also CORTICOTROPIN. |
DAUPHINS | • dauphins n. Plural of dauphin. • DAUPHIN n. (French) the eldest son of a French king. |
DELPHINS | • DELPHIN n. an archaic word for dolphin; a fatty substance made from dolphin oil. |
DOLPHINS | • dolphins n. Plural of dolphin. • Dolphins prop.n. Plural of Dolphin. • DOLPHIN n. any of a group of small toothed whales belonging to the family Delphinidae. |
DYNORPHINS | • dynorphins n. Plural of dynorphin. • DYNORPHIN n. a drug used to treat cocaine addiction. |
DYSTROPHINS | • dystrophins n. Plural of dystrophin. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
ENDORPHINS | • endorphins n. Plural of endorphin. • ENDORPHIN n. any of a group of peptides that occur in the brain and bind to the same receptors as morphine, thereby inhibiting pain. |
GONADOTROPHINS | • gonadotrophins n. Plural of gonadotrophin. • GONADOTROPHIN n. a substance that stimulates the gonads. |
LUTEOTROPHINS | • luteotrophins n. Plural of luteotrophin. • LUTEOTROPHIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPIN. |
MORPHINS | • morphins n. Plural of morphin. • MORPHIN n. the principal alkaloid in opium, also MORPHINE. |
PHOSPHINS | • phosphins n. Plural of phosphin. • PHOSPHIN n. a colorless gas analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic, also PHOSPHINE. |
SERAPHINS | • seraphins n. Plural of seraphin. • SERAPHIN n. (Portuguese) a former silver coin of Goa, also SERAFIN, XERAFIN, XERAPHIN. |
SOMATOTROPHINS | • somatotrophins n. Plural of somatotrophin. • SOMATOTROPHIN n. a polypeptide growth hormone, also SOMATOTROPIN, SOMATOTROPINE. |
THYROTROPHINS | • thyrotrophins n. Plural of thyrotrophin. • THYROTROPHIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPIN. |
WHOLPHINS | • wholphins n. Plural of wholphin. • WHOLPHIN n. a hybrid of a whale and a dolphin. |
XERAPHINS | • xeraphins n. Plural of xeraphin. • XERAPHIN n. (Portuguese) a former silver coin of Goa, also SERAFIN, SERAPHIN, XERAFIN. |