somatotropin secreting cell development

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Namesomatotropin secreting cell development
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Biological process

Exact synonym

growth hormone secreting cell development, somatotrophin secreting cell development, somatotropic cell development

Related synonym

somatotrope development, somatotroph development, somatrophic cell development

Description

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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