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- noun biochemistry A
polypeptide growth hormone produced by the humanpituitary gland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The milk for DAHlicious lassi smoothies comes from cows free of bovine somatotropin, or BST.
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Choose rBST- or rBGH-Free Milk: Though cows are not (yet) genetically engineered, many are being injected with a genetically engineered recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) or recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) to boost milk production.
Do You Know How Many Genetically Modified Foods You're Eating? 8 to Pay Attention To 2011
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Or look for dairy products that specifically say they are produced without BGH (also called recombinant bovine somatotropin, or rBST).
Female Infants Growing Breasts: Another Disaster From Hormones in Milk Production 2010
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And at Kessler's direction, FDA officials went to extraordinarily lengths to seek reasons not to approve biotechnology-derived bovine somatotropin, a useful veterinary drug, because Vice President Al Gore and his minions considered it to be politically incorrect.
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They get their BST bovine somatotropin, a growth hormone shots every day, though.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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They get their BST bovine somatotropin, a growth hormone shots every day, though.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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In this way he explains discrepancies in bureaucratic attitudes toward recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST, also known as recombinant bovine growth hormone, rbGH) a synthetic version of a protein produced in the pituitary glands of cattle that enhances milk output.
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It is also called recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) or recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST).
Jeffrey Smith: Governor Sebelius Must Veto Kansas Bill That Endangers Milk Safety 2009
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It is also called recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) or recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST).
Governor Sebelius Must Veto Kansas Bill That Endangers Milk Safety 2009
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AMERICANS TOOK A GIANT STEP INTO the age of edible biotechnology last month when the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of genetically engineered bovine somatotropin (BST), a hormone that can be injected into cows to make them produce more milk.
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