prolactin

English

Etymology

From pro- (from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”)) +‎ lact- (variation of lacto-, from Latin lac (“milk”)) +‎ -in (modification of -ine).

Noun

prolactin (usually uncountable, plural prolactins)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
   • 2019, Sara Pascoe, Sex Power Money:

     Men get a dose of the hormone prolactin after orgasm and this acts as a sedative.

Synonyms

• lactotropin
• luteotropic hormone
• luteotropin
• mammotropin

Derived terms

• macroprolactin
• prolactinic
• prolactinoma

Translations

hormone

• Albanian: prolaktina
• Basque: prolaktina
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 催乳素 (cuīrǔsù)

• Czech: prolaktin
• Finnish: prolaktiini (fi)
• French: prolactine (fr) f
• German: Prolaktin n
• Hungarian: prolaktin
• Indonesian: laktogen (id)
• Irish: prólachtain
• Italian: prolattina (it) f
• Maori: taiaki waiū
• Portuguese: prolactina (pt) f
• Romanian: prolactină (ro)
• Russian: пролакти́н (ru) m (prolaktín)
• Serbo-Croatian: prolaktin (sh)
• Spanish: prolactina f
• Swedish: prolaktin (sv)

Further reading

• prolactin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia