HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human chorionic gonadotrophin mean? 

• HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN (noun)
  The noun HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN has 1 sense:

1. hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test

  Familiarity information: HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

HCG; human chorionic gonadotrophin; human chorionic gonadotropin

Hypernyms ("human chorionic gonadotrophin" is a kind of...):

gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)

 Context examples 

A peptide vaccine consisting of the whole or partial beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotrophin hormone (hCG), linked to an adjuvant carrier of bacterial or viral origin, with anti-fertility activity.

(Anti-human Chorionic Gonadotropin Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)