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ac·ti·vin

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NOUN:

A polypeptide growth factor that is synthesized in the pituitary gland and the gonads and stimulates the secretion of follicle stimulating hormone.

ETYMOLOGY:
activ(ate) + (inhib)in ( from its activating follicle stimulating hormone)

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