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A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland
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somatotropin
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alt. (context biochemistry English) A polypeptide growth hormone produced by the human pituitary gland. n. (context biochemistry English) A polypeptide growth hormone produced by the human pituitary gland.
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n. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans [syn: somatotrophin , somatotropic hormone , somatotrophic hormone , STH , human growth hormone , growth hormone ]
Usage examples of somatotropin.
A short, avuncular man for whom somatotropin therapy has erased nearly twenty years from his real age, he now looks only slightly older than his former son-in-law.
She fed somatotropins to the injured part, and increased her sugar levels slightly.