Growth-hormone
noun
1.
any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, especially a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.
Abbreviation: GH.
noun
1.
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 growth Also called somatotrophin, human growth hormone
growth hormone n.
Abbr. GH
See somatotropin.
growth hormone
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