GROWTH HORMONE


Meaning of GROWTH HORMONE in English

any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, esp. a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Abbr.: GH

[ 1920-25 ]

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