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Luteotropin

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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
  2. 2
    gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition wordnet

Etymology

From luteo- + tropin.

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