Medical Terminology / Unit 13 MedTerm 0866 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-tropin: Stimulating Hormone
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The idea
The suffix tropin names a hormone that stimulates the gland its root identifies.
In practice
Thyrotropin is the hormone stimulating the thyroid gland.
Where people slip
A tropin acts on a gland. The gland it acts on then releases its own hormone.
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