epidermal growth factor
epidermal growth factor
nounDefinition of EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR
: a polypeptide hormone that stimulates cell proliferation especially of epithelial cells by binding to receptor proteins on the cell surface—abbreviation EGF
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