somatotrophn.
/ˈsəʊmətəʊtrəʊf/ Physiology.
A cell of the anterior pituitary which synthesizes somatotrophin (growth hormone).
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somatotroph1968
1968 Annales de Biologie Animale, Biochimie, Biophysique VIII. 22 (heading) Cytological characteristics of gonadotroph, thyrotroph, corticotroph, somatotroph cells and of prolactin cells in the anterior lobe of the cattle pituitary.
1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 71 434 There are several sera under study where the antibodies react neither with lactotrophs or somatotrophs.
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