growth factor

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   a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth

   Broaderprotein

   Narrowernerve growth factor

Questions about growth factor

What does growth factor mean?

growth factor means "a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth".

Is growth factor a common word?

growth factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.