luteinizing hormone
luteinizing hormone
nounDefinition of LUTEINIZING HORMONE
: a hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that in the female stimulates ovulation and the development of corpora lutea and in the male the development of interstitial tissue in the testis
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1931
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