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somatocrinin

somatocrinin noun: a hormone, produced in the hypothalamus, that promotes the secretion of growth hormones.

Noun

somatocrinin (uncountable)

  1. A hormone, produced in the hypothalamus, that promotes the secretion of growth hormones.
    Synonyms:
    growth hormone-releasing hormone, GHRH, somatoliberin, SRH

Synonyms of somatocrinin

Questions about somatocrinin

What does somatocrinin mean?
Somatocrinin means a hormone, produced in the hypothalamus, that promotes the secretion of growth hormones.
What part of speech is somatocrinin?
Somatocrinin is a noun.

Words near somatocrinin in the dictionary

  1. somatocentric
  2. somatochart
  3. somatocharts
  4. somatocoel
  5. somatocoels
  6. somatocrinin
  7. somatocyst
  8. somatocysts
  9. somatodendrite
  10. somatodendrites
  11. somatodendritic

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