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HCG Definition

HCG (āc̸h′sē′jē)

noun

a placental hormone that stimulates the ovaries to produce other hormones that prevent menstruation: its presence in the urine indicates pregnancy, and it is used as a fertility drug

Etymology: h(uman) c(horionic) g(onadotropin)

HCG Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • withhold: If an excessive response is obtained, treatment should be stopped and hCG withheld ( see section 4.4 ).
  • use: Most of these early pregnancy losses would not have been detectable by the less sensitive assays for hCG used in earlier studies.
  • detect: Clearview HCG can detect hCG in urine at concentrations ≥ 25 mIU/ml.
  • spot: So, some tests are better than others at spotting hCG early on.
  • call: In addition to measuring AFP, another substance produced during pregnancy called hCG is also measured.

Preposition: in

  • urine: Who uses them - The amount of hCG in the urine at different points in early pregnancy is different for every woman.

Adjective modifier

  • urinary: It shares the amino acid sequence with urinary hCG.
  • maternal: Top Our group could not find out why maternal serum hCG was used as an indicator of risk of carrying a Down syndrome baby.

Modifies a noun

  • administration: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome due to excessive ovarian response can be avoided by withholding hCG administration.
  • testing: Frequently miscarriages are monitored with quantitative blood hCG testing.
  • test: Urine hCG tests may give a false negative result in very dilute urine.
  • level: I was also told to avoid folic acid until my hCG levels had dropped to below 20.
  • injection: I did the hcg injection in my left thigh.
  • receptor: It is known that decreases in hCG receptor levels may lead to contractions in the womb and labor.

Noun used with modifier

  • urine: Urine hCG tests may give a false negative result in very dilute urine.
  • serum: There are reports of false positive serum hCG results due to several different compounds ( not drugs ) that may interfere with the test.
  • blood: Frequently miscarriages are monitored with quantitative blood hCG testing.
  • hormone: There, urine samples will be tested at regular intervals to ensure the pregnancy hormone hCG is disappearing.

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