prolactin

English

Noun

prolactin (usually uncountable, plural prolactins)

(biochemistry) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.

Synonyms

lactotropin
luteotropic hormone
luteotropin
mammotropin

Derived terms

Translations

hormone

Albanian: prolaktina
Basque: prolaktina
Chinese:
Mandarin: 催乳素 (cuīrǔsù)
Czech: prolaktin
Finnish: prolaktiini (fi)
French: prolactine (fr) f
German: Prolaktin n
Hungarian: prolaktin
Indonesian: laktogen (id)

Irish: prólachtain
Italian: prolattina (it) f
Maori: taiaki waiū
Portuguese: prolactina (pt) f
Romanian: prolactină (ro)
Russian: пролакти́н (ru) m (prolaktín)
Serbo-Croatian: prolaktin (sh)
Spanish: prolactina f
Swedish: prolaktin (sv)

Further reading

prolactin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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