Medical Definition of Chorionic gonadotrophic hormone

1. A glycoprotein with a carbohydrate fraction composed of d-galactose and hexosamine, extracted from the urine of pregnant women and produced by the placental trophoblastic cells; its most important role appears to be stimulation, during the first trimester, of ovarian secretion of the oestrogen and progesterone required for the integrity of conceptus; it appears to play no significant role in the last two trimesters of pregnancy, as the oestrogen and progesterone are then formed by the placenta. Synonym: anterior pituitary-like hormone, choriogonadotropin, chorionic gonadotropic hormone, chorionic gonadotrophic hormone, placenta gonadotropin, placentagonadotropin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chorionic Gonadotrophic Hormone

chorioepithelioma
choriogonadotrophin
choriogonadotropin
chorioid
chorioid-
chorioids
chorioma
choriomammotropin
choriomeningitis
chorion
chorion frondosum
chorion laeve
chorionic
chorionic ectoderm
chorionic epithelioma
chorionic gonadotrophic hormone (current term)
chorionic gonadotrophin
chorionic gonadotropin
chorionic gonadotropin unit
chorionic growth hormone-prolactin
chorionic plate
chorionic sac
chorionic villi
chorionic villi sampling
chorionic villus
chorionic villus biopsy
chorionic villus sampling
chorionic villus samplings
chorionitis
chorions

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