HCG Definition

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abbreviation
Human chorionic gonadotropin.
American Heritage Medicine
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.
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HCG Sentence Examples

  • Clearview HCG can detect hCG in urine at concentrations ≥ 25 mIU/ml.

  • Top Our group could not find out why maternal serum HCG was used as an indicator of risk of carrying a Down syndrome baby.

  • There are reports of false positive serum HCG results due to several different compounds (not drugs) that may interfere with the test.

  • Frequently miscarriages are monitored with quantitative blood HCG testing.

  • There, urine samples will be tested at regular intervals to ensure the pregnancy hormone HCG is disappearing.

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