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lactotropins

lactotropins is the plural of lactotropin.

Meaning of lactotropin

Noun

lactotropin (countable and uncountable, plural lactotropins)

  1. Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.

Questions about lactotropins

What is lactotropins the plural of?
Lactotropins is the plural of lactotropin.

Words near lactotropins in the dictionary

  1. lactotroph
  2. lactotrophic
  3. lactotrophs
  4. lactotropic
  5. lactotropin
  6. lactotropins
  7. lactovegetarian
  8. lactovegetarianism
  9. lactovegetarians
  10. lactoyl
  11. lactoylglutathione

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