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GROWTH FACTOR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does growth factor mean?

• GROWTH FACTOR (noun)
The noun GROWTH FACTOR has 1 sense:

1. a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth

Familiarity information: GROWTH FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GROWTH FACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("growth factor" is a kind of...):

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "growth factor"):

nerve growth factor; NGF (a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells)

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