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成長因子 (せいちょういんし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

成せい長ちょう因いん子し

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Meanings

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growth factor

Physiology term for a substance that stimulates cell growth, proliferation, or differentiation.

上じょう皮ひ成せい長ちょう因いん子しは細さい胞ぼう

の

増ぞう

殖しょく

を

促そく

進しん

する

。

Epidermal growth factor promotes cell proliferation.

Kanji

成turn into, become, get
長long, leader, superior
因cause, factor, be associated with
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Word family

上じょう皮ひ細さい胞ぼう成せい長ちょう因いん子し
epidermal growth factor; EGF
インスリン様よう成せい長ちょう因いん子し
insulin-like growth factor; IGF

Built from

成せい長ちょう+因いん子し

Etymology

Compound of 成長 (growth) + 因子 (factor). A calque of English 'growth factor'.