somatotropin's Usage Examples:

The somatotropin test also aids in documenting the excess hGH production responsible for gigantism or acromegaly, and confirms underactivity or overproduction of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism or hyperpituitarism, respectively).

Human growth hormone (hGH) (somatotropin) is produced by somatotropes in the anterior pituitary gland.

Safety of milk from cows treated with bovine somatotropin.

The hGH or somatotropin test requires that a fasting blood sample be drawn from a vein, usually in the arm.

The cow's naturally occurring growth hormone, somatotropin, was first discovered in the 1920s.

Synonyms:

Protropin, internal secretion, STH, growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, hormone, human growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, endocrine,

Antonyms:

exocrine,