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

1 sense of protropin

Sense 1
Protropin -- (trade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone; use by athletes and weightlifters is banned)
       => somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone -- (a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans)