Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) Written By: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), also known as luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, a neurohormone consisting of 10 amino acids that is produced in the arcuate nuclei of the hypothalamus. GnRH stimulates the synthesis and secretion of the two gonadotropinsâluteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)âby the anterior pituitary gland.
Obturator (noun). that which closes or stops an opening. Obturator (noun). an apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate. Obturator (adj). serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve. Origin: [NL., fr.L. obturare to stop up: cf.n apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate. Obturator (adj). serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve. Origin: [NL., fr.
1. To copy (another) slavishly: echo, image, imitate, mirror, parrot, reflect, repeat. 2. To copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way: ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, mock, parody, travesty. Idiom: do a takeoff on. 1. A performer skilled at copying the manner or expression of another: impersonator, mime.