hcg

IPA: ˈeɪtʃsg

Root Word: hCG

Initialism of human chorionic gonadotropin. [(medicine, biochemistry) A peptide hormone, produced during pregnancy, that prevents the breakdown of the corpus luteum and maintains progesterone production.]
(astronomy) Abbreviation of Hickson compact group. [(astronomy) A collection of galaxies designated as published by Paul Hickson in 1982.]
(medicine) Abbreviation of HLA complex group. (human leukocyte antigen complex group)
(medicine) Abbreviation of human chorionic gonadotropin. [(medicine, biochemistry) A peptide hormone, produced during pregnancy, that prevents the breakdown of the corpus luteum and maintains progesterone production.]

Examples of "hcg" in Sentences

Another vaccine in investigation is one against HCG.
Levels of hCG may be measured in the blood or urine.
One alternative is to use a GnRH agonist instead of hCG.
Azoospermia can sometimes be treated with HCG injections.
Edited details of the common testing methodologies for hCG.
I'll be honest here, I don't know a whole lot about hcg dieting.
HCG is determined on the absorbent body by a radioimmunoassay method.
PRL may be determined separately or simultaneously with the HCG and LH.
Blood tests will show very high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin hCG .
However, some infertility drugs e.g., clomid do not contain the hCG hormone.
This discovery was important in relying on hCG as an early marker of pregnancy.
The hcg diet protocol is basically a plan that goes with the use of hcg for weight loss.
The hcg level, as it was called, would be a surrogate for the cancer, its fingerprint in the blood.
The hcg level—the hormone secreted by choriocarcinoma—had turned out to be its real fingerprint, its marker.
So if you are studying pregnancy outcomes, how you diagnose the pregnancy will affect your miscarriage rate - will you use hcg levels or clinical diagnosis?
In the end, he seemed almost to be treating a number rather than a patient; ignoring the added toxicity of additional rounds of the drug, Li doggedly administered dose upon dose until, at last, the hcg level sank to zero.