Growth hormone Moderate

Growth hormone has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans

somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone

Any polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

See Also

somatotropin serotropin carbohydrate pegvisomant octreotide somatrem tabimorelin lipid

Related Terms

somatotropin serotropin carbohydrate pegvisomant octreotide somatrem tabimorelin lipid sermorelin somatotroph ipamorelin pituitary gland somatocrinin protropin tesamorelin somatropin polypeptide gigantism capromorelin mammosomatotroph

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

hormone

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

Protropin

Rhyming Words

one done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone hone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone

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