luteotropin

Questions about luteotropin

What is another word for luteotropin?

It depends which luteotropin you mean. In the sense “gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition”, the synonyms are prolactin, lactogenic hormone. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of luteotropin?

WordNet records no antonym for luteotropin. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for luteotropin come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of luteotropin

• Full entry for luteotropinAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for luteotropinWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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