noun
gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition
• Syn: ↑prolactin, ↑luteotropin
• Hypernyms: ↑lactogen, ↑gonadotropin, ↑gonadotrophin, ↑gonadotropic hormone, ↑gonadotrophic hormone
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noun : a crystalline protein of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that induces lactation, maintains the corpora lutea in a functioning state in mammals, and stimulates the crop gland in birds — called also luteotrophin, prolactin
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Biochem.
prolactin.
[1950-55]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.