Definition of lactogenic in English:
lactogenic
adjectiveˌlaktə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪkˌlæktəˈdʒɛnɪk
Physiology (of a hormone or other substance) inducing the secretion of milk.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many antipsychotic medications and metoclopramide have lactogenic activity because of their antidopaminergic effects.
- Ichinose and Nandi first showed that whole mammary glands from hormone-pretreated pubescent mice can undergo normal lobuloalveolar development in vitro in the presence of specific lactogenic hormones.
- Although each has special receptors and unique characteristics to their activity, they all possess growth-promoting and lactogenic activity.
- In addition to binding to GHR, human GH binds to the prolactin receptor and is unique in its lactogenic activity.
Definition of lactogenic in US English:
lactogenic
adjectiveˌlaktəˈjenikˌlæktəˈdʒɛnɪk
Physiology (of a hormone or other substance) inducing the secretion of milk.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ichinose and Nandi first showed that whole mammary glands from hormone-pretreated pubescent mice can undergo normal lobuloalveolar development in vitro in the presence of specific lactogenic hormones.
- Many antipsychotic medications and metoclopramide have lactogenic activity because of their antidopaminergic effects.
- In addition to binding to GHR, human GH binds to the prolactin receptor and is unique in its lactogenic activity.
- Although each has special receptors and unique characteristics to their activity, they all possess growth-promoting and lactogenic activity.