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growth hormone

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. growth hormone (noun)
  2. growth hormone-releasing hormone (noun)
  3. bovine growth hormone (noun)
  4. human growth hormone (noun)

growth hormone

noun

Definition of GROWTH HORMONE

: a vertebrate polypeptide hormone that is secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland and regulates growth; also : a recombinant version of this hormone—called also somatotropic hormone, somatotropin; see human growth hormone

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