GROWTH HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does growth hormone mean? 

• GROWTH HORMONE (noun)
  The noun GROWTH HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans

  Familiarity information: GROWTH HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROWTH HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

growth hormone; human growth hormone; somatotrophic hormone; somatotrophin; somatotropic hormone; somatotropin; STH

Hypernyms ("growth hormone" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "growth hormone"):

Protropin (trade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone; use by athletes and weightlifters is banned)

 Context examples 

A clinical finding indicating abnormal and excessive body growth and height resulting from the overproduction of human growth hormone.

(Gigantism, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes probable G-protein coupled receptor 39 protein, is involved in the control of growth hormone release.

(GPR39 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes appetite-regulating hormone protein, plays a role in satiety, thirst and anxiety and regulating growth hormone release.

(GHRL wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in regulating growth hormone release and satiety, thirst and anxiety.

(GHRL Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes growth hormone receptor protein, plays a role in signal transduction and in growth hormone receptor regulation that leads to cellular growth.

(GHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes somatoliberin protein, plays a role in the regulation of growth hormones.

(GHRH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The pituitary gland makes growth hormone, which stimulates the growth of bone and other tissues.

(Growth Disorders, NIH)

A pegylated, recombinant, human growth hormone (GH) structural analog with GH receptor antagonist activity.

(Pegvisomant, NCI Thesaurus)

Pergolide mesylate binds to and activates dopamine receptor subtypes D1 and D2, resulting in prolactin secretion inhibition, transient increase in serum concentration of growth hormone, and decrease in serum concentration of luteinizing hormone.

(Pergolide Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones.

(Organic food, NCI Thesaurus)