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somatomammotroph

somatomammotroph noun: a type of cell in the anterior pituitary gland that produces both somatotropin and prolactin.

Noun

somatomammotroph (plural somatomammotrophs)

  1. A type of cell in the anterior pituitary gland that produces both somatotropin and prolactin.

Forms of somatomammotroph

pluralsomatomammotrophs

Origin of somatomammotroph

From somato- + mammo- + -troph.

Questions about somatomammotroph

What does somatomammotroph mean?
Somatomammotroph means a type of cell in the anterior pituitary gland that produces both somatotropin and prolactin.
What part of speech is somatomammotroph?
Somatomammotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of somatomammotroph?
The plural of somatomammotroph is somatomammotrophs.

Words near somatomammotroph in the dictionary

  1. somatologically
  2. somatologies
  3. somatologist
  4. somatologists
  5. somatology
  6. somatomammotroph
  7. somatomammotrophs
  8. somatomammotropin
  9. somatomammotropins
  10. somatome
  11. somatomedin

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