growth hormone

English

Noun

growth hormone (countable and uncountable, plural growth hormones) (abbreviated as: GH)

1. A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
   1. (often, in context) The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
2. A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
   1. somatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
   2. somatrem, an rhGH (for humans).
   3. rBST (for cattle).
   4. rBGH (for cattle).

Synonyms

• GH
• somatotropin

 

Hyponyms

• bovine growth hormone (BGH/bGH)
• human growth hormone (hGH/HGH)
• recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH/rbGH)
• recombinant growth hormone (rGH)
• recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH/rHGH)

 

Derived terms

• bovine growth hormone (BGH/bGH)
• GH
• human growth hormone (hGH/HGH)
• recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH/rbGH)
• recombinant growth hormone (rGH)
• recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH/rHGH)

 

Related terms

• growth factor (GF)

 

Translations

hormone

• Catalan: hormona del creixement f, somatotropina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: væksthormon n
• Dutch: groeihormoon (nl) n
• Finnish: kasvuhormoni (fi)
• French: hormone de croissance (fr) f, somatotropine (fr) f
• Galician: hormona do crecemento
• German: Wachstumshormon (de) n
• Hungarian: növekedési hormon
• Italian: ormone della crescita m, somatotropina (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hormona geşê f, somatotopîn

• Latvian: augšanas hormons m
• Polish: hormon wzrostu m
• Portuguese: hormônio do crescimento m (Brazil), hormona do crescimento f (Portugal)
• Romanian: hormon de creștere m
• Russian: гормо́н ро́ста m (gormón rósta)
• Spanish: hormona del crecimiento f, somatotropina f
• Swahili: homoni ya ukuaji
• Swedish: tillväxthormon (sv) n
• Turkish: büyüme hormonu
• Ukrainian: соматотро́пний гормо́н m (somatotrópnyj hormón), гормо́н ро́сту m (hormón róstu)

synthetic substance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: synteettinen kasvuhormoni
• Russian: гормо́н ро́ста (gormón rósta)