prolactin

1. 1.

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

   Synonymslactogenic hormoneluteotropin

   Broaderlactogengonadotropin

Other forms of prolactin

plural

prolactins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prolactin

What does prolactin mean?

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

How many syllables are in prolactin?

prolactin has 3 syllables: pro-lac-tin. The stress falls on "lac". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˈlæktən/.

What is another word for prolactin?

Close synonyms include lactogenic hormone, 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 prolactin a common word?

prolactin 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.