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follicle-stimulating_hormone
Anoun
follicle-stimulating hormone, FSH
 a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals
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