growth hormone
US /ˈɡroʊθ hɔːr.moʊn/
UK /ˈɡroʊθ hɔːr.moʊn/

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生長激素
a hormone that stimulates growth in animal or plant cells.
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The doctor prescribed growth hormone for the child with a deficiency.
醫生給缺乏症兒童開了生長激素。
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Plants produce their own growth hormones to regulate development.
植物產生自己的生長激素來調節發育。