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| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Rate of change of a tyre's condition as it deteriorates with time. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Polypeptide factors that are produced by certain cells and that exert a mitogenic action on other cells. They are necessary to tissue growth. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The most important growth factors are :
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Growth factor."
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Nerve growth factor. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | The first trophic factor isolated was NGF (nerve growth factor). (references) | |
Nerve growth factor (NGF) -- a neurotrophic factor that promotes the repair of cholinergic neurons. (references) | ||
The glue also contained acidic fibroblastic growth factor, or aFGF, which enhances nerve fiber development. (references) | ||
Business | One key growth factor is a remarkable increase of young Japanese women using PC's not only for Internet and e-mail but also for enjoying music and digital camera images. (references) | |
Economic History | Hungary | While Hungarian export sales were the major growth factor, domestic industrial sales were also significantly improved, growing by nine percent in 2000. However, it is foreign direct investment in Hungary that has fueled the growth in Hungarian exports. (references) |
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Expressions using "GROWTH FACTOR": autocrine growth factor ♦ Epidermal Growth Factor ♦ epidermal growth factor receptor ♦ Fibroblast Growth Factor ♦ growth factor binder ♦ Hepatocyte Growth Factor ♦ Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 ♦ Insulin-Like Growth Factor I ♦ Insulin-Like Growth Factor II ♦ keratinocyte growth factor ♦ Nerve Growth Factor ♦ Platelet-Derived Growth Factor ♦ transforming growth factor alpha ♦ Transforming Growth Factor beta ♦ vascular endothelial growth factor. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "GROWTH FACTOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vækstfremmende stof, vækstfaktor (growth promoting factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | groeifactor (bios), groeibevorderende stof, verouderingsgraad (growth rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kasvutekijä (accessory growth substances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | facteur de croissance, engraissement (grow-out), cote de vieillissement (growth rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zunahme (accession, accretion, bulge, crescendo, enlargement, gain, growth, increase, increment, rise, upsurge), Wachstumsfaktor, Wachstumsförderer, Alterungsrate (growth rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βαθμός γήρανσης (growth rate), παλαίωση ελαστικού επισώτρου (growth rate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | promotore di crescita, invecchiamento (ageing, aging), fattore di crescita. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owthgray actorfay lado gasto (growth rate), fator expansionista, fator de crescimento, factor de crescimento. (various references) factor de crecimiento. (various references) trombocytrelaterad tillväxtfaktor (platelets-derived growth factor), nerve growth factor (Nerve Growth Factor), epidermal tillväxtfaktor (epidermic growth factor), B-celltillväxtfaktor (B-cell growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-g-h-o-o-r-r-t-t-w" | |
-4 letters: haftorot. | |
-5 letters: agoroth, ragwort, rotator, tractor, trochar, warthog. | |
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