Meanings
noungrowth hormone (countable and uncountable, plural growth hormones, abbreviation GH)
plural growth hormones · abbreviation GH
- countableuncountableA polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
- countableoftenuncountableThe human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
- A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
- countableuncountablesomatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
- countableuncountablerBST (for cattle).
- countableuncountablerBGH (for cattle).
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bovine growth hormonehuman growth hormonerecombinant bovine growth hormonerecombinant growth hormonerecombinant human growth hormone
nouna hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
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Translations
Bulgarian хормон на растежа, хормон на растежа
- хормон на растежа (hormon na rasteža)hormone
- хормон на растежа (hormon na rasteža)synthetic substance
Catalan hormona del creixement, somatotropina
- hormona del creixementhormone
- somatotropinahormone
Chinese Mandarin 生長激素 /生长激素, 促生長素 /促生长素
- 生長激素 /生长激素 (shēngzhǎng jīsù)hormone
- 促生長素 /促生长素hormone
- 生長激素類似物 /生长激素类似物synthetic substance
Danish væksthormon
- væksthormonhormone
Dutch groeihormoon
- groeihormoonhormone
Finnish kasvuhormoni, synteettinen kasvuhormoni
- kasvuhormonihormone
- synteettinen kasvuhormonisynthetic substance
French hormone de croissance, somatotropine
- hormone de croissancehormone
- somatotropinehormone
German Wachstumshormon
- Wachstumshormonhormone
Hungarian növekedési hormon
- növekedési hormonhormone
Indonesian hormon pertumbuhan
- hormon pertumbuhanhormone
Italian ormone della crescita, somatotropina
- ormone della crescitahormone
- somatotropinahormone
Japanese 成長ホルモン
- 成長ホルモン (seichō horumon)hormone
Korean 성장(成長) 호르몬
- 성장(成長) 호르몬 (seongjang horeumon)hormone
Latvian augšanas hormons
- augšanas hormonshormone
Polish hormon wzrostu
- hormon wzrostuhormone
Portuguese hormônio do crescimento, hormona do crescimento
- hormônio do crescimentohormone
- hormona do crescimentohormone
Romanian hormon de creștere
- hormon de creșterehormone
Russian гормо́н ро́ста, гормо́н ро́ста
- гормо́н ро́ста (gormón rósta)hormone
- гормо́н ро́ста (gormón rósta)synthetic substance
Spanish hormona del crecimiento, somatotropina
- hormona del crecimientohormone
- somatotropinahormone
Swahili homoni ya ukuaji
- homoni ya ukuajihormone
Swedish tillväxthormon
- tillväxthormonhormone
Turkish büyüme hormonu
- büyüme hormonuhormone
Ukrainian соматотро́пний гормо́н, гормо́н ро́сту
- соматотро́пний гормо́н (somatotrópnyj hormón)hormone
- гормо́н ро́сту (hormón róstu)hormone
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Chicago
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