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somatrem

somatrem noun: an analogue of human growth hormone (human somatotropin), almost molecularly identical except for a minor difference at certain amino acid residues. Produced recombinantly. Mostly superseded in current practice by somatropin, which is also molecularly similar to the endogenous hormone (i.e., slightly more so).

Noun

somatrem (uncountable)

  1. An analogue of human growth hormone (human somatotropin), almost molecularly identical except for a minor difference at certain amino acid residues. Produced recombinantly. Mostly superseded in current practice by somatropin, which is also molecularly similar to the endogenous hormone (i.e., slightly more so).

Questions about somatrem

What does somatrem mean?
Somatrem means an analogue of human growth hormone (human somatotropin), almost molecularly identical except for a minor difference at certain amino acid residues. Produced recombinantly. Mostly superseded in current practice by somatropin, which is also molecularly similar to the endogenous hormone (i.e., slightly more so).
What part of speech is somatrem?
Somatrem is a noun.

Words near somatrem in the dictionary

  1. somatotyped
  2. somatotypes
  3. somatotyping
  4. somatotypology
  5. somatovisceral
  6. somatrem
  7. somatrogon
  8. somatroph
  9. somatrophs
  10. somatropic
  11. somatropin

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