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

1 sense of human growth hormone

Sense 1
somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone -- (a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans)
       => hormone, endocrine, internal secretion -- (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)