PROLACTIN

Meaning of PROLACTIN in English

[ prəʊ'laktɪn ]

■ noun Biochemistry a polypeptide hormone from the anterior pituitary gland stimulating milk production after childbirth.

Origin

1930s: from pro- 2 + lactation .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

PROLACTIN — noun Etymology: 2pro- + lact- + 1-in Date: 1932 a protein hormone of the anterior lobe of the pituitary that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PROLACTIN — prōˈlaktə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: pro- (II) + lact- + -in : lactogenic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROLACTIN — /proh lak"tin/ , n. Biochem. an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PROLACTIN — n. hormone that stimulates milk production and the secretion of progesterone in mammals; hormone which stimulates secretion from the crop …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PROLACTIN — noun Etymology: pro- (II) + lact- + -in (I) Date: 1932 : a protein hormone of the anterior lobe of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PROLACTIN — [pro.lac.tin] n [ [2]pro- + lact- + [1]-in] (1932): a protein hormone of the anterior lobe of the pituitary that …
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PROLACTIN
Britannica English vocabulary
PROLACTIN — prolactin BrE AmE prəʊ ˈlækt ɪn § - ə n AmE proʊ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PROLACTIN — n. a hormone released from the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates milk production after childbirth. [PRO-(1) + LACTATION]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PROLACTIN — n. a hormone released from the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates milk production after childbirth. [ PRO-(1) + LACTATION ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PROLACTIN — n. a hormone released from the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates milk production after childbirth. Etymology: PRO-(1) + LACTATION
Oxford English vocab
PROLACTIN — a pituitary hormone that stimulates the secretion of breast milk.
AIDS English Glossary
PROLACTIN — биохим. пролактин (биохимия) пролактин
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PROLACTIN — Пролактин
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PROLACTIN — n биохим. пролактин
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PROLACTIN — (n) пролактин
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PROLACTIN — n биохим. пролактин
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PROLACTIN — n биохим. пролактин
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PROLACTIN — пролактин, лактогенный гормон, лютеотропный гормон
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PROLACTIN — биохим. пролактин (биохимия) пролактин
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PROLACTIN — n. Pronunciation: pr ō - ' lak-t ə n Function: noun Etymology: 2 pro- + lact- + 1 -in Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LUTEOTROPIN — or luteotrophin noun Date: 1941 prolactin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LUTEOTROPIC HORMONE — or luteotrophic hormone noun Date: 1949 prolactin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BROMOCRIPTINE — noun see: crypt Date: 1975 a polypeptide ergot derivative C 32 H 40 BrN 5 O 5 that mimics the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BROMOCRIPTINE — ˌbrōmōˈkripˌtēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from bromoergocryptine , from International Scientific Vocabulary brom- + ergocryptine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LACTOGENIC HORMONE — noun : a crystalline protein of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that induces lactation, maintains the corpora lutea …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUTEOTROPIN — /looh'tee euh troh"pin/ , n. prolactin. [ 1940-45; LUTEOTROP(IC) + -IN 2 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LACTOGENIC HORMONE — Biochem. prolactin. [ 1950-55 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALACTIN — /geuh lak"tin/ , n. Biochem. prolactin. [ 1830-40; GALACT- + -IN 2 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LACTATION
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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, HUMAN
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COLUMBIFORM — any member of an order of birds (Columbiformes) that includes pigeons, doves, the extinct dodoes, and sandgrouse. Pigeons and doves …
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