human chorionic gonadotropin

Noun human chorionic gonadotropin has 1 sense

• human chorionic gonadotropin(n = noun.substance) hcg, human chorionic gonadotrophin - 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