growth hormone

English

growth hormone (countable and uncountable, plural growth hormones) (abbreviated as: GH)

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.
1. (often, in context) The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
1. somatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
2. somatrem, an rhGH (for humans).
3. rBST (for cattle).
4. rBGH (for cattle).

hormone

Catalan: hormona del creixement f, somatotropina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: væksthormon n
Dutch: groeihormoon (nl) n
Finnish: kasvuhormoni (fi)
French: hormone de croissance (fr) f, somatotropine (fr) f
Galician: hormona do crecemento
German: Wachstumshormon (de) n
Hungarian: növekedési hormon
Italian: ormone della crescita m, somatotropina (it) f
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hormona geşê f, somatotopîn
Latvian: augšanas hormons m
Polish: hormon wzrostu m
Portuguese: hormônio do crescimento m (Brazil), hormona do crescimento f (Portugal)
Romanian: hormon de creștere m
Russian: гормо́н ро́ста m (gormón rósta)
Spanish: hormona del crecimiento f, somatotropina f
Swahili: homoni ya ukuaji
Swedish: tillväxthormon (sv) n
Turkish: büyüme hormonu
Ukrainian: соматотро́пний гормо́н m (somatotrópnyj hormón), гормо́н ро́сту m (hormón róstu)

synthetic substance

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