PROTROPIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Protropin" is a kind of...):

growth hormone; human growth hormone; somatotrophic hormone; somatotrophin; somatotropic hormone; somatotropin; STH (a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans)

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