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in·su·lin-like growth factor

n :  either of two somatomedins that are produced in the liver and in fibroblasts, the adrenal glands, and the gonads, that are produced esp. in response to growth hormone, and that mediate growth hormone activity - abbr. IGF .
 
 

 
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