growth hormone

noun

any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, especially a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. : GH

growth hormone

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 calledsomatotrophinhuman growth hormone

growth hormone

A polypeptide hormone secreted by the anterior portion of the pituitary gland that promotes growth by stimulating protein synthesis. Growth hormone also acts on the liver to produce peptides called somatomedins , which stimulate growth of bone, cartilage, and muscle.
Also called somatotropin
Any of various natural or synthetic substances that regulate the growth of plants. Auxins in plants are growth hormones.

First recorded in 1920–25

At 11, back in his home town of Rosario, Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency.

These packets are not necessarily the same thing as human growth hormone.

“Lance responded that he had taken EPO, testosterone, growth hormone, cortisone, and steroids,” she says.

At the other end, a tumor of the pituitary can over-produce growth hormone and cause acromegaly.

And brushing them helped raise their growth-hormone secretions.

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