HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human chorionic gonadotropin mean? 

• HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (noun)
  The noun HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN 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 GONADOTROPIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

HCG; human chorionic gonadotrophin; human chorionic gonadotropin

Hypernyms ("human chorionic gonadotropin" 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 malignant germ cell tumor which metastasizes widely and produces high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin.

(Malignant Trophoblastic Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically, choriocarcinomas consist of invasive and anaplastic trophoblastic tissue composed of cytotrophoblastic and syncytiotrophoblastic cells, secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin, and abundant vascularity.

(Gestational Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine composed of synthetic peptides derived from beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) conjugated to diphtheria toxoid.

(CTP-37-DT Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A laboratory test to detect the amount of human chorionic gonadotropin in a biospecimen.

(Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A human monoclonal antibody (B11) directed against the mannose receptor and linked to the beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG beta) with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Human Monoclonal Antibody B11-hCG Beta Fusion Protein CDX-1307, NCI Thesaurus)

Serum human chorionic gonadotropin is elevated.

(Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin is being studied in the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma.

(Choriogonadotropin Subunit Beta, NCI Dictionary)

Measuring the amount of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin in the blood or urine of cancer patients may help to diagnose cancer and find out how well cancer treatment is working.

(Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, NCI Dictionary)

The One Step hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) urine pregnancy test came to the attention of the TGA after a family planning clinic reported three cases of false negative readings of the test.

(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)

There is often marked elevation of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in the blood.

(Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)