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somatotropin

so·mat·o·tro·pin
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-mat-uh-troh-pin, soh-muh-tuh-]
    • /səˌmæt əˈtroʊ pɪn, ˌsoʊ mə tə-/
    • /ˌsomə.ˈtɑː.trə.pən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-mat-uh-troh-pin, soh-muh-tuh-]
    • /səˌmæt əˈtroʊ pɪn, ˌsoʊ mə tə-/

Definitions of somatotropin word

  • noun somatotropin a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans. 1
  • noun somatotropin growth hormone (sense 1) 0
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Origin of somatotropin

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
1940-45; somatotrop(hic) stimulating body growth (see somato-, trophic) + -in2

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Parts of speech for Somatotropin

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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somatotropin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • bovine growth hormone

    a growth hormone of cattle; esp., this hormone synthesized artificially and administered to beef cattle to increase growth rate and reduce fat and to dairy cows to increase milk production

  • growth hormone

    any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, especially a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Abbreviation: GH.

  • human growth hormone

    somatotropin. Abbreviation: hGH.

  • somatomedin

    any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.

  • somatostatin

    a polypeptide hormone, produced in the brain and pancreas, that inhibits secretion of somatotropin from the hypothalamus and inhibits insulin production by the pancreas.
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