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HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
 
 Synonyms: HCG, human chorionic gonadotrophin
 
 See Also: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin

 

 

Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: hormone produced by the placenta during early pregnancy
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Human chorionic gonadotropin is the hormone produced early in pregnancy that keeps the corpus luteum producing progesterone; it may be injected to stimulate ovulation and progesterone production.

This hormone is also elevated in trophoblastic disease and germ cell cancers and thus serves as a useful tumor marker for these cancers. Patients with non-cancerous conditons such as inflammatory bowel disease, duodenal ulcers, or cirrhosis or cancers of the breast, lung, pancreas, ovary, or gastrointestinal system may have elevated HCG levels.

 
 Synonyms: HCG
 

 

 

 

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