human chorionic gonadotrophin

Noun human chorionic gonadotrophin has 1 sense

• human chorionic gonadotrophin(n = noun.substance) hcg, human chorionic gonadotropin - hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test;
is a kind of gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin