How to Use growth hormone in a Sentence

growth hormone

noun

• The wrestler’s size was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone, which later resulted in acromegaly, a disorder that can cause joint pain and headaches, along with a host of other complications.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• The same fear exists with beef produced with growth hormones.
  — NBC News, 3 June 2019
• Sarah Hart said Hannah's growth hormones were once checked due to her small size and were shown to be normal.
  — OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
• The excess growth hormone causes enlargement of the soft tissues of the face, including the ears, the nose and the tongue, as well as the soft tissues of the hands and feet.
  — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• During the experiments, the team found an increase in auxin, a plant growth hormone, in the roots.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
• Age also decreases the amount of growth hormone and slows down the entire system.
  — Kelly O'Mara, Outside Online, 15 May 2014
• In the organic, bovine growth hormones, or bGH, residue levels were found to be 0.5 nanograms per milliliter.
  — Rebekah Tuchscherer, USA TODAY, 26 June 2019
• Collins missed the first 25 games this season due to a positive test for a growth hormone but his numbers haven't shown any drop-off since his return.
  — Nat Newell, Indianapolis Star, 5 Feb. 2020
• When that lactic acid is produced in the body, the pituitary gland secretes growth hormone in response.
  — Outside Online, 13 May 2021
• In one such study by Ronald Evans and colleagues, the gene for rat growth hormone is stably inserted into mouse cells by a retrovirus.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2011
• Women who take growth hormone may grow a bigger jaw or more prominent brow ridge.
  — William Neff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
• Their sleep patterns have shifted Sleep plays a vital role in the production of the body's primary growth hormone.
  — Elizabeth Florio, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
• The answer is still unclear, but scientists found a growth hormone variant that traces back to ancient wolves.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• For years, Ben & Jerry’s took steps to make sure that its ice cream did not contain artificial growth hormone.
  — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2017
• The rapid growth rate of velvet antlers—up to an inch a day, fueled by a growth hormone called IGF-1—has long led to beliefs in their benefits for human health and vigor.
  — Alec Luhn, National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2020
• The mutation affects a growth hormone receptor on their cells, so that the cells produce low levels of a growth factor.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2011
• This disorder is caused by an abnormal growth on the pituitary gland of the brain, a tumor that makes excess growth hormone.
  — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• The societal impact of peptides and growth hormone is far less severe, clearly.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
• Human growth hormone helps build, maintain, and repair healthy tissue in your brain and other organs.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• More than 250 growth hormone patients have been diagnosed with CJD worldwide.
  — Liz Szabo, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
• The older trees had lower levels of a growth hormone called indole-3-acetic acid and higher levels of a growth-inhibiting hormone called abscisic acid.
  — Erin Malsbury, Science | AAAS, 13 Jan. 2020
• The current consensus is that the movements of the growth hormone auxin and the proteins that transport it throughout a plant are responsible for such patterns.
  — Maddie Burakoff, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
• The White House unveiled a list of 48 drugs — from chemotherapy treatments to growth hormones used to treat endocrine disorders — whose prices increased faster than the rate of inflation this year.
  — Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
• Like growth hormone, all the time, everywhere, Florida.
  — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2018
• How about star Denis Cheryshev’s father saying the player took a growth hormone before the tournament?
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
• Laron assumed the simplest explanation: The siblings had a severe shortage of growth hormone.
  — Gary Taubes, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2013
• Both of these work to improve levels of the Luteinizing Hormone (LH), a precursor to testosterone that helps promote growth hormone production.
  — Mike Carroll, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• There’s an increase in the release of growth hormones during sleep (this is when kids get taller, our skin cells regenerate, and our hair gets longer), as well as the hormones that regulate appetite.
  — Sarah Digiulio /, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2017
• This formula helps maximize protein synthesis, increase growth hormone, and boost your performance in the bedroom as well as in the gym.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
• However, if your son is falling off of the growth curve and not catching up with their peers, there could be something medically wrong, like a growth hormone deficiency, adds Dr. Kono.
  — Maria Carter, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024