nerve growth factor

1. 1.

   a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells

   SynonymsNGF

   Broadergrowth factor

Questions about nerve growth factor

What does nerve growth factor mean?

nerve growth factor means "a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells".

What is another word for nerve growth factor?

Close synonyms include NGF. 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.

Is nerve growth factor a common word?

nerve 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.