what does melanocyte-stimulating hormone mean?
MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) melanocyte-stimulating hormone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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