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SOMATOTROPHIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does somatotrophin mean?
• SOMATOTROPHIN (noun)
The noun SOMATOTROPHIN has 1 sense:
1. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
Familiarity information: SOMATOTROPHIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
growth hormone; human growth hormone; somatotrophic hormone; somatotrophin; somatotropic hormone; somatotropin; STH
Hypernyms ("somatotrophin" is a kind of...):
endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "somatotrophin"):
Protropin (trade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone; use by athletes and weightlifters is banned)
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