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growth hormone

growth hormone noun: a polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

Noun

growth hormone (countable and uncountable, plural growth hormones, abbreviation GH)

  1. A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
    1. (often) The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
  2. somatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
  3. somatrem, an rhGH (for humans).
  4. rBST (for cattle).
  5. rBGH (for cattle).

growth hormone meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

growth hormone in Tamil

வளர்ச்சி இயக்குநீர்

growth hormone in Indonesian

hormone
hormon pertumbuhan

Synonyms of growth hormone

Forms of growth hormone

pluralgrowth hormones
abbreviationGH

Words formed from growth hormone

  • bovine growth hormone
  • GH
  • human growth hormone
  • recombinant bovine growth hormone
  • recombinant growth hormone
  • recombinant human growth hormone

Questions about growth hormone

What does growth hormone mean?
Growth hormone means a polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
What is growth hormone in Tamil?
Growth hormone in Tamil is வளர்ச்சி இயக்குநீர். See Growth hormone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is growth hormone?
Growth hormone is a noun.
What is the plural of growth hormone?
The plural of growth hormone is growth hormones.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: growth hormone (page history and authors); growth hormone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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