HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta
   • detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
   Synonym(s)
   • HCG (what does HCG mean?)
   • human chorionic gonadotrophin (what does human chorionic gonadotrophin mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) human chorionic gonadotropin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gonadotropin (what does gonadotropin mean?)
   • gonadotrophin (what does gonadotrophin mean?)
   • gonadotropic hormone (what does gonadotropic hormone mean?)
   • gonadotrophic hormone (what does gonadotrophic hormone mean?)