human growth hormone

noun

Biochemistry.

1. somatotropin. hGH

human growth hormone

noun

1. HGH. another name for growth hormone

Word History and Origins

Origin of human growth hormone¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Rogan, despite being open to every other idiotic idea under the sun, has dismissed Johnson’s claims as “preposterous” and insisted Johnson is using steroids or human growth hormone.

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The team at University College London has been studying five cases linked to injections of human growth hormone that came from deceased donors.

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Moreno made efforts to hold accountable Gary Matthews Jr. and Josh Hamilton, Matthews for reports that he received shipments of human growth hormone and Hamilton for a drug relapse.

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It would be Barry Bonds hitting 73 homers in a single season — without human growth hormone.

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After Seaman Mullen died, Naval authorities found testosterone and human growth hormone in his car.

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