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MSH

MSH

8.8
A hormone made by a small gland in the brain that controls skin and hair color
  • noun
  • /ɛm ɛs eɪtʃ/
  • Specialized
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  • When exposed to sunlight, the body produces more MSH to enhance skin pigmentation.

And the activity of MSH, the release of MSH goes up when we've eaten.

Examples

  • The doctor explained how MSH influences the color of skin by affecting the melanocytes.

  • And the activity of MSH, the release of MSH goes up when we've eaten.

    Andrew Huberman

  • Love to see the old TSR MSH RPG get so much attention... such a slick system, you could play it intoxicated!

    Blog text (6)

  • Discover Houdini, Algor's automatic CAD solid model to 8-node "brick" msh converter.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Melanocyte-stimulating hormone, or MSH, plays a crucial role in determining the pigmentation of our skin.

Synonyms

melanocyte-stimulating hormone
vsMSH
  • Specialized
7.9

A chemical made by a gland in the brain that controls skin color by acting on cells that make pigment

is the short abbreviated form used in scientific writing

Surface Forms

MSH singular
MSHs plural

Morphology

MSH = M + S + H

MSH is an initialism (letters standing for 'melanocyte-stimulating hormone'); the component letters do not convey meaning to learners unless they know the expanded phrase, so the formation is opaque for vocabulary prediction.

Etymology

MSH stands for melanocyte-stimulating hormone, where melano- means 'black' and -cyte means 'cell', the same melano- you find in melanin. So MSH is a hormone that tells pigment cells to make or change skin and hair 'color'.