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Growth Hormone

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Noun

1. growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin, sth

a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Growth Hormone

see synonyms of growth hormone
noun
a hormone synthesized in and secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that promotes growth of the long bones in the limbs and increases the synthesis of protein essential for growth
. Also called: somatotrophin, human growth hormone

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Growth Hormone

see synonyms of growth hormone
1. 
a polypeptide hormone of the anterior part of the pituitary gland, that promotes normal growth
2. 
any of various substances that promote growth, as of plants or beef cattle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Growth Hormone

see synonyms of growth hormone
n.
1. Any of various natural or synthetic substances that regulate the growth of animals or plants.
2. Abbr. GH Any of such natural substances in vertebrates, consisting of polypeptide hormones that are secreted by the pituitary gland and promote growth of the body, especially by stimulating release of somatomedins. Also called somatotropic hormone, somatotropin.
3. See human growth hormone.

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