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  • adjective That stimulates body growth, especially by producing somatotrophin

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  • The somatotrophic hormone STH, or growth hormone, of the pituitary likewise stimulates defense reactions.

    Handbook of Stress Leo Goldberger 1993

  • It may also be called, with a more scholarly tang, somatotrophic hormone (soh'muh-toh-troh'fik; "body-nourishing" G), which is in turn abbreviated, usually, STH.

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

  • * Human growth hormone hGH - also called somatotrophin or somatotrophic hormone - is a hormone naturally produced by the body.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Reuters 2011

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