How to Use growth hormone in a Sentence

growth hormone

noun
  • The brain runs growth hormone on a two-way feedback loop.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The brain runs growth hormone on a two-way feedback loop.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • The same fear exists with beef produced with growth hormones.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2019
  • The early-night growth hormone surge is the largest and most fragile pulse in the cycle.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The early-night growth hormone surge is the largest and most fragile pulse in the cycle.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • This is partly due to lower levels of growth hormone.
    — Health, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Much like metamorphosis, these changes are spurred by spikes in key growth hormones.
    — Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
  • Women who take growth hormone may grow a bigger jaw or more prominent brow ridge.
    — William Neff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Age also decreases the amount of growth hormone and slows down the entire system.
    — Kelly O'Mara, Outside Online, 15 May 2014
  • 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
  • Three pig genes known to spark an immune response, as well as a porcine growth hormone receptor, were removed.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
  • For the last 30 years, they've been raised without antibiotics, growth hormones, or grains.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Heart rate and blood pressure go up, and stress hormones like adrenalin, cortisol, and growth hormone are released.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • The gene for a growth hormone known as insulinlike growth factor-1 is a key determinant of a dog’s body size.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • When that lactic acid is produced in the body, the pituitary gland secretes growth hormone in response.
    — Outside Online, 13 May 2021
  • 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
  • During the experiments, the team found an increase in auxin, a plant growth hormone, in the roots.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
  • Human growth hormone helps build, maintain, and repair healthy tissue in your brain and other organs.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Mehrzad was diagnosed with acromegaly at a young age – a condition causing excess growth hormone.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Then the device dissolves into a person’s body like stitches, and the barbs holding it in place have growth hormones in them.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The societal impact of peptides and growth hormone is far less severe, clearly.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
  • This is a rare genetic condition in which the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • While the answer remains unclear, scientists have found a growth hormone variant that traces back to ancient wolves.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The creatures have space to roam, are provided with healthy diets, and aren't blasted with the growth hormones and antibiotics.
    — Christopher Hastings, Bon Appétit, 3 July 2024
  • In adults, the benefits of taking growth hormone are a little more subtle, Eisenberg notes.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Resistance training during daylight hours appears to prime a stronger growth hormone response at night.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The biggest growth hormone pulse of the entire 24-hour cycle happens in the first two to three hours after falling asleep.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • The biggest growth hormone pulse of the entire 24-hour cycle happens in the first two to three hours after falling asleep.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026

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