LUTEINIZING HORMONE


Meaning of LUTEINIZING HORMONE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1931

: a hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that in the female stimulates ovulation and the development of corpora lutea and in the male the development of interstitial tissue in the testis

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