growth hormone (gh)
101hormone — hor|mone [ˈho:məun US ˈho:rmoun] n [Date: 1900 2000; : Greek; Origin: hormon, from horman to cause to move around ] a chemical substance produced by your body that influences its growth, development, and condition >hormonal [ho:ˈməunəl US… …
102hormone — hor|mone [ hɔr,moun ] noun count a natural substance produced by your body that controls important physical processes such as those relating to growth and sexual development ╾ hor|mon|al [ hɔr mounl ] adjective …
103hormone — noun (C) a chemical substance produced by your body that influences your body s growth, development and condition hormonal adjective …
104hormone — hor•mone [[t]ˈhɔr moʊn[/t]] n. 1) biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds formed in endocrine glands that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids 2) pha a… …
105hormone — /ˈhɔmoʊn / (say hawmohn) noun 1. any of various substances which are formed in cells in one part of an organism and transported to another part of the organism where they have a specific effect, as the regulation of growth. 2. a synthetic… …
106Insulin-like growth factor 1 — (IGF 1) that was once called somatomedin C, is a polypeptide protein hormone similar in molecular structure to insulin. It plays an important role in childhood growth and continues to have anabolic effects in adults. Production and circulationIGF …
107Beef hormone controversy — The Beef Hormone Dispute is one of the two most intractable transatlantic agricultural disputes since the establishment of the World Trade Organization, the other being the Banana War. [cite book|pages=223|title=Transatlantic Economic Disputes:… …
108Insulin-like growth factor — The insulin like growth factors (IGFs) are polypeptides with high sequence similarity to insulin. IGFs are part of a complex system that cells use to communicate with their physiologic environment. This complex system (often referred to as the… …
109Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1 — Rendering based on PDB 3EHS …
110somatotropic hormone — noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans • Syn: ↑somatotropin, ↑somatotrophin, ↑somatotrophic hormone, ↑STH, ↑human growth hormone, ↑growth hormone • Hypernyms: ↑ …
