Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lactotropin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lac-totropin
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

lactotropins (plural)

Questions

What does lactotropin mean?: Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.

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