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somatotropin

[ suh-mat-uh-troh-pin, soh-muh-tuh- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of somatotropin1

1940–45; somatotrop(hic) stimulating body growth ( somato-, trophic ) + -in 2

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