luteinizing hormone
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DEFINITION:
- luteinizing hormone
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(LH) A glycoprotein gonadotropin (28,000 daltons) of the adenohypophysis that acts with follicle-stimulating hormone to promote ovulation as well as secretion of androgens and progesterone. It instigates and maintains the second (secretory) portion of the mammalian estrus and menstrual cycle. In females it is concerned with corpus luteum formation and in males it stimulates the development and functional activity of testicular Leydig cells. Called also "interstitial cell-stimulating hormone" and "lutropin."
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