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somatotropin secreting cell development |
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- growth hormone secreting cell development
- somatotrope development
- somatotroph development
- somatotrophin secreting cell development
- somatotropic cell development
- somatrophic cell development
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Definition: |
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a somatotropin secreting cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A somatotropin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces growth hormone, somatotropin.
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