luteinizing hormone

luteinizing hormone

noun

Definition of LUTEINIZING HORMONE

: a glycoprotein hormone that is secreted by the adenohypophysis and that in the female stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpora lutea and together with follicle-stimulating hormone the secretion of estrogen from developing ovarian follicles and in the male the development of interstitial tissue in the testis and the secretion of testosterone—abbreviation LH; called also interstitial-cell stimulating hormone, lutropin