lh (luteinizing hormone)
21luteinizing hormone — (LH) This is a sugar bearing protein manufactured by the anterior pituitary. Like a lot of the pituitary hormones, it surges on and off, since constant secretion would overload and deaden receptors. In women, it builds up after menses,… …
22luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone — LH RH. A hormone that stimulates the production of sex hormones in men and women. Also called LH RH …
23luteinizing hormone — noun Date: 1931 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 …
24luteinizing hormone-releasing factor — noun Date: 1964 gonadotropin releasing hormone …
25luteinizing hormone — noun A hormone, produced by part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals. Syn: lutropin …
26luteinizing hormone — A pituitary hormone which causes growth of the yellow body of the ovary and also stimulates activity of the interstitial cells of the testis …
27luteinizing hormone — n. Biochem. a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that in females stimulates ovulation and in males stimulates the synthesis of androgen. Usage: Abbr.: LH. Etymology: LUTEIN …
28luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist — LH RH agonist. A drug that inhibits the secretion of sex hormones. In men, LH RH agonist causes testosterone levels to fall. In women, LH RH agonist causes the levels of estrogen and other sex hormones to fall. Also called LH RH agonist …
29luteinizing hormone — lu′teinizing hor mone n. biochem. See LH • Etymology: 1930–35 …
30Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female) — Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for transgender and transsexual people replaces the hormones naturally occurring in their bodies with those of the other sex. However, not all cases of hormone replacement therapy are used by transgendered people …