Local English word record

luteinizing hormone

noun · 1 sense

a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

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Synonyms

lh, interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, icsh

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