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SOMATOTROPHIC HORMONE

Dictionary entry overview: What does somatotrophic hormone mean?

• SOMATOTROPHIC HORMONE (noun)
The noun SOMATOTROPHIC HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans

Familiarity information: SOMATOTROPHIC HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SOMATOTROPHIC HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

growth hormone; human growth hormone; somatotrophic hormone; somatotrophin; somatotropic hormone; somatotropin; STH

Hypernyms ("somatotrophic hormone" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "somatotrophic hormone"):

Protropin (trade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone; use by athletes and weightlifters is banned)

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