human chorionic gonadotrophin

1. 1.

   hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test

   Synonymshuman chorionic gonadotropinHCG

   Broadergonadotropin

Questions about human chorionic gonadotrophin

What does human chorionic gonadotrophin mean?

human chorionic gonadotrophin means "hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test".

What is another word for human chorionic gonadotrophin?

Close synonyms include human chorionic gonadotropin, HCG. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.