leuprolide

:  a synthetic analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone administered by injection in the form of its acetate C₅₉H₈₄N₁₆O₁₂·C₂H₄O₂ to treat cancer of the prostate gland, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and precocious puberty Androgen-deprivation therapy by either bilateral orchiectomy or administration of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist such as leuprolide is the mainstay of treatment for advanced or metastatic prostate cancer.—Donald S. Kaufman et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 8 July 2004 During leuprolide therapy, the endometrioma recurred …—G. David Adamson, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 22 Dec. 1999 ◆Leuprolide is marketed under the trademarks Eligard and Lupron.