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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition;
[syn: prolactin, lactogenic hormone, luteotropin]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lactogenic hormone n 1: gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition [syn: prolactin, lactogenic hormone, luteotropin]