Somatotroph Uncommon

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Definitions

Noun

One of a set of cells, in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that produces the growth hormone somatotropin.

See Also

somatroph pituitary gland growth hormone somatotrophs somatotrope acidophil somatotropin cell

Related Terms

somatroph pituitary gland growth hormone somatotrophs somatotrope acidophil somatotropin cell

Rhyming Words

soph loph toph qoph troph aroph notoph gonoph biotroph syntroph ectoloph mesoloph theosoph morosoph metaloph paraloph polytroph auxotroph mixotroph autotroph

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