somatrem (English, noun)
expansion: somatrem (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: 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 Mostly superseded in current practice by somatropin, which is also molecularly similar to the endogenous hormone (i.e., slightly more so).
tags: uncountable
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