HyperDic: protropin

English > 1 sense of the word Protropin:
NOUNbodyProtropintrade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone
Protropin > pronunciation
Soundspraa'trahpihn; prowtrow'pihn
RhymesAdrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn...
English > Protropin: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningtrade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone; use by athletes and weightlifters is banned.
Broadersomatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormoneA hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland

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