human chorionic gonadotropin

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human chorionic gonadotropin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  human chorionic gonadotropin
      n 1: hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta;
           detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind
           of pregnancy test [syn: human chorionic gonadotropin,
           human chorionic gonadotrophin, HCG]