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noun
One of a set of cells, in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that produces the growth hormone somatotropin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: somatotrope
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh2- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμᾰ (sômă)der. English somato- English -troph English somatotroph From somato- + -troph.
