inhibin

(in hibin)

noun

a protein-based hormone, produced in small quantities in the testes and ovaries, that inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone

See inhibin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A peptide hormone secreted by the follicular cells of the ovary and the Sertoli cells of the testis that inhibits secretion of follicle stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.

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