hcg

English Thesaurus

1. hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin,
definition	:	hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity (noun.body)