HMG

gonadotropin

[go´nah-do-tro″pin] any hormone having a stimulating effect on the gonads. Two such hormones are secreted by the anterior pituitary gland" >pituitary gland: follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, both of which are active, but with differing effects, in the two sexes. Called also gonadotropic hormone.chorionic gonadotropin (human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) (hCG)) 1. a glycopeptide hormone that is produced by cells of the fetal placenta and maintains the function of the corpus luteum during the first few weeks of pregnancy. It is thought to promote steroidogenesis in the fetoplacental unit and to stimulate fetal testicular secretion of testosterone. It can be detected by immunoassay in the maternal urine within days after fertilization; this provides the basis for the most commonly used pregnancy test.2. the same principle obtained from the urine of pregnant women, used in treatment of certain cases of cryptorchidism and male hypogonadism, to induce ovulation and pregnancy in certain infertile, anovulatory women, and to increase the numbers of oocytes for patients attempting conception using technologies" >assisted reproductive technologies such as transfer" >gamete intrafallopian transfer or fertilization" >in vitro fertilization; administered intramuscularly. See also choriogonadotropin alfa.

HMG

, hMGAbbreviation for human menopausal gonadotropin.

HMG

Acronym	Definition
HMG➣High Mobility Group (protein)
HMG➣High-Mobility Group
HMG➣Homing
HMG➣Hemoglobin
HMG➣Heavy Machine Gun
HMG➣Human Menopausal Gonadotrophin
HMG➣Horizontal Merger Guidelines (acquisitions)
HMG➣Heschong Mahone Group, Inc. (California)
HMG➣Heritage Medical Group (Pennsylvania)
HMG➣Habitat Management Guidelines (conservation)
HMG➣Home Mortgage Group (Canada)
HMG➣Hazard Mitigation Grant (US FEMA)
HMG➣Hydroxy Methyl Glutaryl
HMG➣Hospitalist Management Group (various companies)
HMG➣Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. (former stock symbol; now HMGN)
HMG➣Hannover Marketing Gesellschaft (German: Hannover Marketing Company; Hannover, Germany)
HMG➣Hope Medical Group (Georgia)
HMG➣Home Media Gallery (Pioneer Kuro plasma TV)
HMG➣Help Me God
HMG➣Homelessness Monitoring Group (UK)
HMG➣High Moral Ground
HMG➣Hill Mechanical Group (Illinois)
HMG➣Hospitality Management Group (Charleston, SC)
HMG➣Halter Marine Group, Inc.
HMG➣Her/His Majesty's Government (British Government)
HMG➣Holy Mother of God (Internet slang)
HMG➣Herring Media Group, Inc.
HMG➣Happy Mardi Gras
HMG➣Hydraulically Motored Generator
HMG➣High Maintenance Girlfriend
HMG➣Hotel Managers Group, LLC