English Explanatory Dictionary

growth hormone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
  3. A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
  4. somatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
  5. somatrem, an rhGH (for humans).
  6. rBST (for cattle).
  7. rBGH (for cattle).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

growth hormone growth hormones GH

Synonyms

GH somatotropin

Related words

growth factor

Derived words

bovine growth hormone GH human growth hormone recombinant bovine growth hormone recombinant growth hormone recombinant human growth hormone

Translations

Bulgarian: хормон на растежа Catalan: hormona del creixement Catalan: somatotropina Chinese Mandarin: 生長激素 /生长激素 Chinese Mandarin: 促生長素 /促生长素 Chinese Mandarin: 生長激素類似物 /生长激素类似物 Danish: væksthormon Dutch: groeihormoon Finnish: kasvuhormoni Finnish: synteettinen kasvuhormoni French: hormone de croissance French: somatotropine Galician: hormona do crecemento German: Wachstumshormon Hungarian: növekedési hormon Indonesian: hormon pertumbuhan Italian: ormone della crescita Italian: somatotropina Japanese: 成長ホルモン Korean: 성장(成長) 호르몬 Northern Kurdish: hormona geşê Northern Kurdish: somatotopîn Latvian: augšanas hormons Polish: hormon wzrostu Portuguese: hormônio do crescimento Portuguese: hormona do crescimento Romanian: hormon de creștere Russian: гормо́н ро́ста Spanish: hormona del crecimiento Spanish: somatotropina Swahili: homoni ya ukuaji Swedish: tillväxthormon Turkish: büyüme hormonu Ukrainian: соматотро́пний гормо́н Ukrainian: гормо́н ро́сту
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