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NGF

American  
  1. nerve growth factor.


NGF British  

abbreviation

  1. nerve growth factor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Since 2019, there’s been a 41% increase of female golfers, the NGF reports, and every year since 2020, roughly 3.3 million people have hit the course for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

NGF does this by binding to tyrosine kinase receptor A, which triggers a cascade of effects that include boosting the number of pain receptors and sensitizing nerves.

From Nature • Sep. 10, 2019

U.S. regulators early this decade placed a partial hold on NGF trials after some patients developed a fast-moving form of the degenerative joint condition osteoarthritis.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2018

More than three-quarters of all golfers are male, and just over 26 percent have a household income of more than $125,000, the largest segment in the NGF survey.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 22, 2017

But NGF has also already been examined for a possible role in ovarian function.

From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2012