thyrotroph

English

Noun

thyrotroph (plural thyrotrophs)

1. (anatomy) A thyrotrope.
   • 1964, Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, The Thyroid Gland, volume 2, page 7:

     There is an influence arising in, or transmitted by, the hypothalamus, which reaches the anterior or adeno lobe by way of the pituitary stalk and has important stimulating effects on the thyrotrophs.