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Gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary
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prolactin
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n. (context biochemistry English) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
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n. gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition [syn: lactogenic hormone , luteotropin ]
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Prolactin ( PRL ), also known as luteotropic hormone or luteotropin , is a protein that in humans is best known for its role in enabling mammals, usually females, to produce milk . It is influential over 300 separate processes in various vertebrates. Prolactin ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1932, from pro- + stem of lactation + chemical suffix -in (2).
Usage examples of prolactin.
A more direct influence, on prolactin at least, is the stimulating effect of suckling.
Undoubtedly the occasional news reports of increased milk production by dairy cattle when soft music is played in the stalls is due to the stimulation of prolactin secretion by any environmental factor that brings on a sensation of well-being and freedom from insecurity.
The galactorrhea--might be related to the elevated prolactin, but might not.
That principle might be transferable to men, since manual stimulation of the nipples causes a prolactin surge in men as well as in nonlac-tating women.
Her symptoms are headaches and an overproduction of prolactin, resulting in unpleasant symptoms that mimic pregnancy.
For now, she controls her condition with drug therapy that is supposed to lower prolactin levels and shrink the tumor in size.
She has to take medication to lower her abnormally high levels of prolactin, and she may have to be on the medication the rest of her life unless she has the tumor removed.
But too much prolactin overloads the hypothalamus and causes an unbalanced physiological state that ends in death.