somatotropic hormone

Questions about somatotropic hormone

What does somatotropic hormone mean?

somatotropic hormone means "a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans".

What is another word for somatotropic hormone?

Close synonyms include somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone. 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 somatotropic hormone a common word?

somatotropic hormone 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.