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somatotropin

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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somatotropin

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.