"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
    Sense id: en-GH-en-adj-ZreSwUVQ Categories (other): Anatomy, Medicine 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)
    Sense id: en-GH-en-name-g5WFHoVn Categories (other): Television, American fiction Disambiguation of American fiction: 4 79 8 8 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
    Sense id: en-GH-en-noun-K2Y6RocJ Categories (other): Hormones, Medicine, Hormones Disambiguation of Hormones: 3 4 87 6 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
    Sense id: en-GH-en-noun-OsLmKF5S Categories (other): Medicine, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 15 7 32 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 14 5 33 17 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 21 12 49 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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