Lactotropin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females. countable, uncountable

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prolactinprolactin

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mammary glandpituitary gland

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