亚洲网紅露点

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luteinizing hormone

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. LH.


luteinizing hormone

/ 藞濒耻藧迟瑟瑟藢苍补瑟锄瑟艐 /

noun

  1. a gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. In female vertebrates it stimulates ovulation, and in mammals it also induces the conversion of the ruptured follicle into the corpus luteum. In male vertebrates it promotes maturation of the interstitial cells of the testes and stimulates androgen secretion LH Also calledinterstitial cell-stimulating hormone See also follicle-stimulating hormone prolactin
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

luteinizing hormone

  1. A glycoprotein hormone produced by the anterior portion of the pituitary gland. Luteinizing hormone stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals and the production of testosterone in males.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of luteinizing hormone1

First recorded in 1930鈥35
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of luteinizing hormone1

C19: from Latin 濒奴迟别耻尘 egg yolk, from 濒奴迟别耻蝉 yellow
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So she and her colleagues began collecting urine samples from the primates and testing them for hormonal changes, such as increases in luteinizing hormone and decreases in estradiol, that indicate menopause in humans.

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Then, Mira will read the levels of your luteinizing hormone and sync the data to an app that learns about your body鈥檚 cycle and tells you the best time to conceive.

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Boys with an increase of pyrethroid in their system were associated with an increase in luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone.

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The first test gives an idea of whether the two hormones that coordinate ovulation 鈥 鈥榣uteinizing hormone鈥 and 鈥榝ollicle-stimulating hormone鈥 鈥 stand in the right ratios to one another and to levels of estrogen.

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Those who experienced a spike in their luteinizing hormone level were expected to ovulate within 24 hours.

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