Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun human_chorionic_gonadotropin

1 sense of human chorionic gonadotropin

Sense 1
human chorionic gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotrophin, HCG -- (hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test)
       => gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone -- (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)