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单词 growth hormone
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
growth hor′mone, 
  1. Biochemistryany 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

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
growth hormone n
  1. a hormone synthesized in and secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that promotes growth of the long bones in the limbs and increases the synthesis of protein essential for growth
    Also called: somatotrophin, human growth hormone
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