WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
hu′man growth′ hor′mone, [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistrysomatotropin. Abbr.: hGH
  • 1970–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
human growth hormone
  1. another name for growth hormone
    Abbreviation: HGH
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
so•mat•o•tro•pin  (sə mat′ə trō′pin, sō′mə tə-),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistrya hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
Also called so•mat′o•troph′ic hor′mone  (sə mat′ə trof′ik, -trō′fik, sō′mə tə-, sə mat′ə-, sō′mə tə-),USA pronunciation human growth hormone. 
  • somatotrop(hic) stimulating body growth (see somato-, trophic) + -in2 1940–45

'human growth hormone' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
growth hormone - hGH - somatotropin

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