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成長因子 (seichouinshi) Japanese meaning: growth factor | 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

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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'.