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Meaning prolactin meaning

What does prolactin mean?

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

What other words have the same or similar meaning as prolactin?

lactogenic hormone luteotropin luteotropic hormone lactogen mammotropin mammogenic hormone mammogen mammary-stimulating hormone