human chorionic gonadotropin (English, noun)
expansion: human chorionic gonadotropin (uncountable, abbreviation hCG or HCG)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A peptide hormone, produced during pregnancy, that prevents the breakdown of the corpus luteum and maintains progesterone production.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: hCG
tags: abbreviation
form: HCG
tags: abbreviation