How to Use human chorionic gonadotropin in a Sentence

human chorionic gonadotropin

noun
  • At-home pregnancy tests—including Lia—look for the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your pee.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Those little pee sticks look for the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which is produced during pregnancy.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Oct. 2017
  • At-home pregnancy tests look for the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is a hormone from your placenta (the organ that helps maintain and nourish a pregnancy).
    Korin Miller, SELF, 13 Sep. 2018
  • The bill also bars terminations of pregnancies confirmed by the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).
    al, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Pregnancy tests measure the level of a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG for short) that's produced by the placenta — in other words, only present in pregnant people.
    Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 13 Sep. 2017
  • After that happens, the body starts to produce human chorionic gonadotropin, a chemical that is detected by pregnancy tests.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • For the unfamiliar, HCG stands for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone made during pregnancy which has been used, incorrectly, for weight loss.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2021
  • At-home pregnancy tests work by detecting the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which your body produces during pregnancy.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Oct. 2018
  • Or people may take a pregnancy test before their bodies have produced a measurable amount of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a hormone that pregnant people produce.
    Melissa Matthews, SELF, 8 July 2022
  • For example, when a woman becomes pregnant, her placenta produces human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG.
    Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Because of her history, Waldron underwent a slew of early blood tests and ultrasounds with her high-risk fertility doctor that showed her levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), commonly called the pregnancy hormone, were up and down.
    Kaelyn Forde, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2019
  • This marks Cushing's second positive test for performance enhancing drugs after testing positive for human chorionic gonadotropin (a fertility drug) as a rookie in 2010.
    Chris Chavez, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • When undercover investigators showed up, posing as potential clients, Lopez allegedly offered them human chorionic gonadotropin, a prescription hormone, as well as meal-replacement powders and syringes.
    Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019

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