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somatotrophs

somatotrophs is the plural of somatotroph.

Meaning of somatotroph

Noun

somatotroph (plural somatotrophs)

  1. One of a set of cells, in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that produces the growth hormone somatotropin.
    Synonyms:
    somatotrope

Questions about somatotrophs

What is somatotrophs the plural of?
Somatotrophs is the plural of somatotroph.

Words near somatotrophs in the dictionary

  1. somatotrophic
  2. somatotrophin
  3. somatotrophinoma
  4. somatotrophinomas
  5. somatotrophins
  6. somatotrophs
  7. somatotropic
  8. somatotropically
  9. somatotropin
  10. somatotropine
  11. somatotropines

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