prolan
/ˈprəʊlan/Physiology. Now rare or disused
noun
Any of several female gonadotrophic hormones, especially human chorionic gonadotropin.
- Prolan A: follicle-stimulating hormone. Prolan B: luteinizing hormone..
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Biological Abstracts. From German Prolan from classical Latin prōlēs + German -an.
- northwards
- North West
- Northwest Angle
- northwester
- north-westerly
- north-western
- northwesterner
- northwesternmost
- North-West Frontier Province
- North-West Passage
- Northwest Territories
- Northwest Territory
- north-westward
- north-westwardly
- north-westwards
- north wind
- North Woods
- North Yorkshire
- north–south
- nortmast
- nortriptyline
- norvaline
- Norwalk-like
- Norwalk virus
- norward