Search Result for "luteinizing_hormone":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals;
[syn: luteinizing hormone, LH, interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, ICSH]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

luteinizing hormone n 1: a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals [syn: luteinizing hormone, LH, interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, ICSH]