HyperDic: human_chorionic_gonadotropin

English > 1 sense of the expression human chorionic gonadotropin:
NOUNsubstancehuman chorionic gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotrophin, HCGhormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta
English > human chorionic gonadotropin: 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 gonadotrophin, HCG
Broadergonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormonehormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta
Catalangonadotropina coriònica humana

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