human chorionic gonadotropin

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 gonadotrophinHCG

   Broadergonadotropin

Questions about human chorionic gonadotropin

What does human chorionic gonadotropin mean?

human chorionic gonadotropin 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 gonadotropin?

Close synonyms include human chorionic gonadotrophin, 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.