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somatotroph

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somatotroph /so·mato·troph/ (-trof?) a type of acidophil of the adenohypophysis that secretes growth hormone.
so·mat·o·troph (s-mt-trf, -trf, sm-t-)
n.
A cell of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that produces somatotropin.
somatotroph
any of the cells of the adenohypophysis that secrete growth hormone.
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