HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE

Meaning of HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in English

( human growth hormones)

Human growth hormone is a hormone that is used to help short people, especially short children, to grow taller. The abbreviation HGH is also used.

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HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — noun Date: 1960 the naturally occurring growth hormone of humans or a genetically engineered form that is used to treat …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — noun : the naturally occurring growth hormone of humans or a genetically engineered form that is used to treat children …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — Biochem. somatotropin. Abbr.: hGH [ 1970-75 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — Date: 1960 : the naturally occurring growth hormone of humans or a genetically engineered form that is used to treat …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — Function: noun Date: 1960 : the naturally occurring growth hormone of humans or a genetically engineered form that is used …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — Human growth hormone is a hormone that is used to help short people, especially short children, to grow taller. The …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — a peptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. HGH enhances growth by stimulating metabolism and protein synthesis, and also …
AIDS English Glossary
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — гормон роста человека (регулятор роста и развития человека)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — гормон роста человека ( регулятор роста и развития человека )
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — гормон роста человека (регулятор роста и развития человека)
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE — гормон роста человека (регулятор роста и развития человека)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMAN — adj 1. human; 2. humane; litteras human humane letters, humanities
Interlingua English vocab
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUMAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) human engineering human immunodeficiency virus human evolution Human Genome Project human nature human rights …
Английский словарь Британика
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Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GROWTH — I. ˈgrōth noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English (Scots dialect) grouth, from Old Norse grōthr, grōthi, from grōa to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORMONE — ˈhȯrˌmōn, ˈhȯ(ə)ˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek hormōn, present participle of horman to stir up, set in motion, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMAN — (a.) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or …
Английский словарь Webster
HORMONE — (n.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMAN — ( a. ) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMAN — — humanlike , adj. — humanness , n. /hyooh"meuhn/ or, often, /yooh"-/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORMONE — — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon"ik, -moh"nik/ , adj. /hawr"mohn/ , n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GROWTH — /grohth/ , n. 1. the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. 2. size or stage …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMAN — adj. of human beings, of people; by people, for human beings, like people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HORMONE — n. any of a number of substances which are secreted into the bloodstream by endocrine glands and stimulate particular organs …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUMAN — I. ˈhyü-mən, ˈyü- adjective Etymology: Middle English humain, from Anglo-French, from Latin humanus; akin to Latin homo human being — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GROWTH — noun Date: 1557 1. a. (1) : a stage in the process of growing : size (2) : full growth …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMAN — noun a human being. 2. human ·adj belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; …
Webster English vocab
HORMONE — add. ·noun a chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it …
Webster English vocab
GROWTH — noun that which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. 2. growth ·noun the process of …
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Concise Oxford English vocab
HUMAN — [hu.man] adj [ME humain, fr. MF, fr. L humanus; akin to L homo human being--more at homage] (14c) 1: of, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HORMONE — [hor.mone] n [Gk hormon, prp. of horman to stir up, fr. horme impulse, assault; akin to Gk ornynai to rouse--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HORMONE — organic substance that is produced in one part of a multicellular organism and is able to exert effects on other, …
Britannica English vocabulary
GROWTH — the increases in cell size and number that take place during the life history of an organism. Additional reading General …
Britannica English vocabulary
HUMAN — human BrE AmE ˈhjuːm ən § \ ˈjuːm- ▷ human|ly li ▷ human|ness nəs nɪs ▷ human|s z ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HORMONE — hormone BrE AmE ˈhɔːm əʊn AmE \ ˈhɔːrm oʊn ▷ hormone|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HUMAN — / ˈhjuːmən; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] of or connected with people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROWTH — / grəʊθ; NAmE groʊθ/ noun 1. [ U ] ( of people, animals or plants ) the process of growing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMAN — I. hu ‧ man 1 S2 W1 /ˈhjuːmən/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ human , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HORMONE — hor ‧ mone /ˈhɔːməʊn $ ˈhɔːrmoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Greek ; Origin: hormon , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GROWTH — growth S3 W1 /ɡrəʊθ $ ɡroʊθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ grower , ↑ growth , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GROWTH — n. 1 the act or process of growing. 2 an increase in size or value. 3 something that has grown …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HUMAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GROWTH — n. 1 the act or process of growing. 2 an increase in size or value. 3 something that has grown …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Oxford English vocab
GROWTH — n.1 the act or process of growing. 2 an increase in size or value. 3 something that has grown or …
Oxford English vocab
HUMAN — ( humans) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Human means relating to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORMONE — ( hormones) A hormone is a chemical, usually occurring naturally in your body, that makes an organ of your body …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROWTH — ( growths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The growth of something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMAN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a human chain (= a large number of people who form a line, a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HORMONE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hormone replacement therapy COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE antidiuretic ▪ Thus, antidiuretic hormone should be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GROWTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a growth forecast (= one relating to an increase in the value of goods or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GROWTH — [noun] [U]The growth of a person, animal or plant is its process of increasing in size.Plant growth is most noticeable …
Cambridge English vocab
HUMAN — n. human factors engineering human engineering human immunodeficiency virus human evolution Human Genome Project human nature human rights human sacrifice …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GROWTH — Synonyms and related words : about-face, abscess, access, accession, accomplishment, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ague, alchemy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMAN — I. adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of mankind problems of human relationships Synonyms: hominine, mortal Related Word: anthropological, ethnologic, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
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