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somatotrope

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somatotrope /so·mato·trope/ (so-mat´o-trōp) somatotroph.
somatotroph [so-mat´o-trof″]
a type of acidophil of the adenohypophysis that secretes growth hormone.
somatotrope
somatotroph.
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