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Definitions of relaxin in various dictionaries:
noun - hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy
A female hormone secreted by the corpus luteum that helps soften the cervix and relax the pelvic ligaments in childbirth.
adj - a secretion of the endocrine organs [n -S] : HORMONAL, HORMONIC
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Hormone for mother's help takin' it easy |
Hormone used to facilitate childbirth |
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Apr 27 2014 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
Jan 1 2003 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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A female hormone secreted by the corpus luteum that helps soften the cervix and relax the pelvic ligaments in childbirth. |
hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor |
Relaxin description |
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Relaxin is a protein hormone of about 6000 Da first described in 1926 by Frederick Hisaw.The relaxin-like peptide family belongs in the insulin superfamily and consists of 7 peptides of high structural but low sequence similarity; relaxin-1 (RLN1), 2 (RLN2) and 3 (RLN3), and the insulin-like (INSL) peptides, INSL3, INSL4, INSL5 and INSL6. The functions of relaxin-3, INSL4, INSL5, INSL6 remain uncharacterised. |