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Protropin

DEFINITIONS OF: Protropin

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n trade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone; use by athletes and weightlifters is banned

Type of:
STH, growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
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