somatrem

English

Noun

somatrem (uncountable)

1. An analogue of human growth hormone (human somatotropin), almost molecularly identical except for a minor difference at certain amino acid residues. Produced recombinantly. Mostly superseded in current practice by somatropin, which is also molecularly similar to the endogenous hormone (i.e., slightly more so).

Hypernyms

• rhGH

Anagrams

• Metsamor, marmoset, memorats