| 释义 |
luteinizing hormone
noun
: a hormone of protein-carbohydrate composition that is obtained from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland and that in the female stimulates the development of corpora lutea and together with follicle-stimulating hormone the secretion of progesterone and in the male the development of interstitial tissue in the testis and the secretion of testosterone — abbr. LH; called also interstitial-cell-stimulating hormone |