growth hormone

Noun
(abbreviated as: GH)


 * 1) A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
 * 2)  The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
 * 3) A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
 * 4) somatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
 * 5) somatrem, an rhGH (for humans).
 * 6) rBST (for cattle).
 * 7) rBGH (for cattle).

Translations

 * Catalan: hormona del creixement, somatotropina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: væksthormon
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: hormona do crecemento
 * German:
 * Hungarian: növekedési hormon
 * Italian: ormone della crescita,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: hormona geşê, somatotopîn
 * Latvian: augšanas hormons
 * Polish: hormon wzrostu
 * Portuguese: hormônio do crescimento, hormona do crescimento
 * Romanian: hormon de creștere
 * Russian: гормо́н ро́ста
 * Spanish: hormona del crecimiento, somatotropina
 * Swahili: homoni ya ukuaji
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: büyüme hormonu
 * Ukrainian: соматотро́пний гормо́н, гормо́н ро́сту


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: synteettinen kasvuhormoni
 * Russian: гормо́н ро́ста