"growth hormone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: growth hormones [plural], as: GH [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} growth hormone (countable and uncountable, plural growth hormones)
  1. A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones
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  2. A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
    (often, in context) The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
    Tags: countable, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones
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  3. A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
    somatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones
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  4. A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
    somatrem, an rhGH (for humans).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones
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  5. A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
    rBST (for cattle).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones
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  6. A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
    rBGH (for cattle).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: GH, somatotropin Hyponyms: bovine growth hormone (alt: BGH/bGH), human growth hormone (alt: hGH/HGH), recombinant bovine growth hormone (alt: rBGH/rbGH), recombinant growth hormone (alt: rGH), recombinant human growth hormone (alt: rhGH/rHGH) Derived forms: bovine growth hormone (alt: BGH/bGH), GH, human growth hormone (alt: hGH/HGH), recombinant bovine growth hormone (alt: rBGH/rbGH), recombinant growth hormone (alt: rGH), recombinant human growth hormone (alt: rhGH/rHGH) Related terms: growth factor (alt: GF) Translations (hormone): hormona del creixement [feminine] (Catalan), somatotropina [feminine] (Catalan), væksthormon [neuter] (Danish), groeihormoon [neuter] (Dutch), kasvuhormoni (Finnish), hormone de croissance [feminine] (French), somatotropine [feminine] (French), hormona do crecemento (Galician), Wachstumshormon [neuter] (German), növekedési hormon (Hungarian), ormone della crescita [masculine] (Italian), somatotropina [feminine] (Italian), augšanas hormons [masculine] (Latvian), hormona geşê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), somatotopîn (Northern Kurdish), hormon wzrostu [masculine] (Polish), hormônio do crescimento [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), hormona do crescimento [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), hormon de creștere [masculine] (Romanian), гормо́н ро́ста (gormón rósta) [masculine] (Russian), hormona del crecimiento [feminine] (Spanish), somatotropina [feminine] (Spanish), homoni ya ukuaji (Swahili), tillväxthormon [neuter] (Swedish), büyüme hormonu (Turkish), соматотро́пний гормо́н (somatotrópnyj hormón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), гормо́н ро́сту (hormón róstu) [masculine] (Ukrainian) Translations (synthetic substance): synteettinen kasvuhormoni (Finnish), гормо́н ро́ста (gormón rósta) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'hormone': 50 50 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'synthetic substance': 2 2 24 24 24 24

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