luteinizing
11luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone — 1. a decapeptide hormone elaborated by the median eminence of the hypothalamus that binds to specific receptor sites on gonadotrophs of the adenohypophysis and stimulates the release of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. High… …
12luteinizing hormone surge — a sharp increase in serum levels of luteinizing hormone seen around the middle of the menstrual cycle about one to two days before ovulation …
13luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone — noun also luteinizing hormone releasing factor : gonadotropin releasing hormone herein …
14luteinizing hormone-releasing factor — I. noun see gonadotropin releasing hormone II. noun see luteinizing hormone releasing hormone …
15luteinizing — adjective Causing development of the corpus luteum …
16luteinizing — luteinize (Amer.) v. (Biochemistry) cause the formation of a corpus luteum; become a corpus luteum (also luteinise) …
17luteinizing 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 …
18luteinizing hormone-releasing factor — noun Date: 1964 gonadotropin releasing hormone …
19luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone — noun Date: 1970 gonadotropin releasing hormone …
20Luteinizing hormone — Hormone lutéinisante Pour les articles homonymes, voir LH. Hormone lutéinisante Général No CAS …