prolactin

prolactin

English

Etymology

From pro- (from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”)) +‎ lact- (variation of lacto-, from Latin lac (“milk”)) +‎ -in (modification of -ine).

Noun

prolactin (usually uncountable, plural prolactins)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
   • 2019, Sara Pascoe, Sex Power Money:

     Men get a dose of the hormone prolactin after orgasm and this acts as a sedative.

Synonyms

• lactotropin
• luteotropic hormone
• luteotropin
• mammotropin

Derived terms

• macroprolactin
• prolactinic
• prolactinoma

Translations

hormone

Albanian: prolaktina Basque: prolaktina Chinese: Mandarin: 催乳素 (cuīrǔsù) Czech: prolaktin Finnish: prolaktiini (fi) French: prolactine (fr) f German: Prolaktin n Hungarian: prolaktin Indonesian: laktogen (id) Irish: prólachtain Italian: prolattina (it) f Maori: taiaki waiū Portuguese: prolactina (pt) f Romanian: prolactină (ro) Russian: пролакти́н (ru) m (prolaktín) Serbo-Croatian: prolaktin (sh) Spanish: prolactina f Swedish: prolaktin (sv)

Further reading

• prolactin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia