"GH" meaning in English

See GH in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} GH (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of glenohumeral. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: glenohumeral Categories (topical): Anatomy, Medicine
    Sense id: en-GH-en-adj-ZreSwUVQ Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GH
  1. (television) Initialism of General Hospital, an American daytime television medical drama first aired in 1963. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: General Hospital (extra: an American daytime television medical drama first aired in 1963) Categories (topical): Television, American fiction
    Sense id: en-GH-en-name-g5WFHoVn Disambiguation of American fiction: 9 38 23 30 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: broadcasting, media, television

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} GH
  1. (medicine, biochemistry) Initialism of growth hormone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: growth hormone Categories (topical): Hormones, Medicine, American fiction, Hormones
    Sense id: en-GH-en-noun-K2Y6RocJ Disambiguation of American fiction: 9 38 23 30 Disambiguation of Hormones: 11 9 69 11 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (medicine) Initialism of general hospital. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: general hospital Categories (topical): Medicine, American fiction
    Sense id: en-GH-en-noun-OsLmKF5S Disambiguation of American fiction: 9 38 23 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 24 13 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 28 18 38 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: HGH (english: human growth hormone), BGH (english: bovine growth hormone)

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