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somatotropic

somatotropic adjective: that stimulates body growth.

Adjective

somatotropic (comparative more somatotropic, superlative most somatotropic)

  1. That stimulates body growth

Forms of somatotropic

comparativemore somatotropic
superlativemost somatotropic

Origin of somatotropic

From somato- + -tropic.

Words formed from somatotropic

Questions about somatotropic

What does somatotropic mean?
Somatotropic means that stimulates body growth.
What part of speech is somatotropic?
Somatotropic is an adjective.

Words near somatotropic in the dictionary

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

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