- a hormone synthesized in and secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that promotes growth of the long bones in the limbs and increases the synthesis of protein essential for growthAlso called: somatotrophin, human growth hormone
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growth′ hor′mone,
- Biochemistryany substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, esp. a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Abbr.: GH
- 1920–25
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growth hormone n
'growth hormone' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acromegaly
- BST
- gigantism
- growth
- human growth hormone
- somatotrophin
- bGH
- bovine growth hormone
- bromocriptine
- GH
- GRF
- growth hormone releasing factor
- hGH
- pituitary gland
- somatotropin