HyperDic: human_chorionic_gonadotrophin

English > 1 sense of the expression human chorionic gonadotrophin:
NOUNsubstancehuman chorionic gonadotrophin, human chorionic gonadotropin, HCGhormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta
English > human chorionic gonadotrophin: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaninghormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test.
Synonymshuman chorionic gonadotropin, HCG
Broadergonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormonehormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta
Catalangonadotropina coriònica humana

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