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HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
Synonyms:
HCG; human chorionic gonadotrophin; human chorionic gonadotropin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("human chorionic gonadotropin" is a kind of...):
gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)
Context examples:
Also called beta-human chorionic gonadotropin.
(beta-hCG, NCI Dictionary)
Anti-human chorionic gonadotropin vaccine blocks the activity of hCG which is naturally produced by the trophectoderm of the pre-implantation embryo within a few days of fertilization. hCG is required for the maintenance of the corpus luteum in the ovary thus ensuring its continued production of progesterone, which is required for the successful completion of implantation of the blastocyst.
(Anti-human Chorionic Gonadotropin Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin may also be produced in response to certain conditions that are not cancer.
(Choriogonadotropin Subunit Beta, NCI Dictionary)
Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin is a type of tumor marker.
(Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, NCI Dictionary)
An increased level of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin may be a sign of cancer of the testis, uterus, ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, or lung.
(Choriogonadotropin Subunit Beta, NCI Dictionary)
