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human growth hormone

n. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans [syn: somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, growth hormone]

Usage examples of "human growth hormone".

Her height was magnified when she stood next to her husband, who resembled a gnome tardily matured on human growth hormone.

Alvin Hayes was a world-class molecular biologist who had been on the cover of Time magazine after having developed a method of making human growth hormone from recombinant DNA technology.

For a time the team had been extremely excited about their preliminary findings regarding the laboratory-synthesized human growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1.

Gradually the human growth hormone was overpowering the magic in her system.

Or if maybe my spleen and gallbladder are enormous from the effects of human growth hormone.

They also engineered his phenomenally rapid maturation with human growth hormone and raised him from fetus to thirtyish adult with nonstop intravenous feeding and electrically stimulated muscle development over a period of less than two years.

Of course there's Gregory own doctor, who pumps him up with Human Growth Hormone and special protein drinks and anything else he can to keep his youth and strength, and they do have some kind of hospital room so that if Gregory runs a temperature one degree above normal, his doctor can examine him in it, but there are no laboratories as such, not as far as I know.