growth hormone (gh)

  • 61Hormone therapy — Hormone therapy, or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also referred to as hormonal therapy. Wikipedia has the following articles regarding this topic:Cancer* Hormonal therapy… …

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  • 62Hormone Sexuelle — Les hormones sexuelles sont de deux types : protéines ou stéroïdes. Les stéroïdes ont un poids moléculaire aux environs de 300 daltons ; ils ont donc une petite taille. Vu leur taille et leur liposolubilité, ils peuvent diffuser… …

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  • 63growth — W2 [grəuθ US grouθ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(increase)¦ 2¦(business/economy)¦ 3¦(size/strength)¦ 4¦(importance)¦ 5¦(personal development)¦ 6¦(disease)¦ 7¦(growing thing)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: grow] 1.) …

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  • 64Growth — refers to an increase in some quantity over time. The quantity can be physical (e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money) or abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature). It can also refer to the… …

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  • 65Growth landmarks — are parameters measured in infants, children and adolescents which help gauge where they are on a continuum of normal growth and development. Growth landmarks have also been used for determination of abnormal growth as well. med stubExternal… …

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  • 66fibroblast growth hormone — a peptide hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis, affecting many of the same cell types as platelet derived growth factor; it is a potent mitogen of vascular endothelial cells and is a regulator of tissue vascularization …

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  • 67human growth hormone — hu′man growth′ hor mone n. biochem. somatotropin Abbr.: hGH • Etymology: 1970–75 …

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  • 68hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… …

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  • 69Hormone de croissance —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Somatotropine bovine.  Molécule de somatotropine. L hormone de croissance, somatropine ou somatotropine, est une hormone …

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  • 70growth — /grohth/, n. 1. the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. 2. size or stage of development: It hasn t yet reached its full growth. 3. completed development. 4. development from a simpler to a more complex stage:… …

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