human chorionic gonadotropin
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
human chorionic gonadotropin (uncountable) (abbreviated as hCG or HCG)
- (medicine, biochemistry) A peptide hormone, produced during pregnancy, that prevents the breakdown of the corpus luteum and maintains progesterone production.
Further reading[edit]
- human chorionic gonadotropin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia