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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. Abbreviation: GH
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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Growth hormone
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| growth hormone | |
| —n | |
| somatotrophin, Also called: human 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 | |
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Medical Dictionary
growth hormone n.
Abbr. GH
See somatotropin.
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