lactogenic hormone

1. 1.

   gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition

   Synonymsprolactinluteotropin

   Broaderlactogengonadotropin

Questions about lactogenic hormone

What does lactogenic hormone mean?

lactogenic hormone means "gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition".

What is another word for lactogenic hormone?

Close synonyms include prolactin, luteotropin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lactogenic hormone a common word?

lactogenic hormone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.