"HGH" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} HGH
  1. (medicine) Initialism of human growth hormone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: human growth hormone Categories (topical): Hormones, Medicine Synonyms (human growth hormone): hGH Hyponyms: rHGH (english: recombinant human growth hormone) Derived forms: rHGH (english: recombinant human growth hormone) Related terms: BGH, bGH, GH, rBGH, rbGH
    Sense id: en-HGH-en-noun-60mhZ11U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

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