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Meaning of "prolactin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROLACTIN

prolactin  [prəʊˈlæktɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROLACTIN

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Prolactin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PROLACTIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prolactin

Prolactin, also known as luteotropic hormone or luteotropin, is a protein that in humans is best known for its role in enabling female mammals to produce milk, however, it is influential over a large number of functions with over 300 separate actions of PRL having been reported in various vertebrates. Prolactin is secreted from the pituitary gland in response to eating, mating, estrogen treatment, ovulation, and nursing. Prolactin is secreted in a pulsatile fashion in between these events. Prolactin also plays an essential role in: metabolism; regulation of the immune system; and pancreatic development. Discovered in non-human animals around 1930 by Oscar Riddle at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York, and confirmed in humans in 1970 by Henry Friesen prolactin is a peptide hormone, encoded by the PRL gene. Although often associated with human milk production, prolactin plays a wide range of other roles in both humans and other vertebrates. Prolactin also acts in a cytokine-like manner and as an important regulator of the immune system. It has important cell cycle related functions as a growth-, differentiating- and anti-apoptotic factor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROLACTIN


actin
ˈæktɪn
amylopectin
ˌæmɪləʊˈpɛktɪn
Benedictine
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn
fibronectin
ˌfaɪbrəʊˈnɛktɪn
ivermectin
ˌaɪvəˈmɛktɪn
lectin
ˈlɛktɪn
monactine
mɒnˈæktɪn
morphactin
mɔːˈfæktɪn
pecten
ˈpɛktɪn
pectin
ˈpɛktɪn
polyactine
ˌpɒlɪˈæktɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROLACTIN

prolabor
prolamine
prolan
prolapse
prolapsus
prolate
prolately
prolateness
prolation
prolative
prole
proleg
prolegomena
prolegomenal
prolegomenary
prolegomenon
prolegomenous
prolepses
prolepsis
proleptic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROLACTIN

biotin
bulletin
cake tin
chromatin
Curtin
gabapentin
gelatin
gratin
keratin
Latin
martin
matin
patin
Putin
rutin
Saint Martin
Saint-Quentin
satin
tin
Tintin

Synonyms and antonyms of prolactin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «prolactin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROLACTIN

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The translations of prolactin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prolactin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

催乳素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prolactina
570 millions of speakers

English

prolactin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रोलैक्टिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرولاكتين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пролактин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prolactina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Prolactin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prolactine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prolaktin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prolaktin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プロラクチン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프로락틴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prolaktin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prolactin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புரோலேக்ட்டின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोलॅक्टिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prolaktin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prolattina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prolaktyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пролактин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prolactina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προλακτίνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prolaktien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prolaktin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prolaktin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prolactin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLACTIN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prolactin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROLACTIN»

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Prolactin
This is the first volume in several decades to be devoted to all the aspects of Prolactin. Medical management of prolactinomas can be based on our understanding of the physiology of hypothalamic control of the lactotroph.
Nelson D. Horseman, 2012
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Growth hormone, prolactin, and IGF-1 as lymphohemopoietic ...
This book describes three growth and differentiation factors and their role in basic and clinical hematology and immunology: growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1 and prolactin.
Elisabeth L. Hooghe-Peters, Robert Hooghe, 1995
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Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism
secretion and reduces prolactin secretion in rats, but the role of GAP in modulating prolactin secretion in humans remains unconfirmed.6 Data also support the role of j-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a PIF. GABA is secreted into the portal ...
Kenneth L. Becker, 2001
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Hormones, Brain and Behavior
Days 27-^45 were associated with unusually high levels of alcohol self- administration ranging between 4.68 and 9.24 g/kg/day but prolactin values ranged from only 5.7 to a high of 24 ng/ml during this period. Clinical data indicate that ...
Donald W. Pfaff, Arthur P. Arnold, Anne M. Etgen, 2002
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Hormones and their Actions, Part 2: Specific action of ...
Mechanism. of. action. of. prolactin. MICHAEL WALLIS Biochemistry Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex BN1 9QG, England 1. Lactogenic hormones Pituitary prolactin is a protein hormone ...
B.A. Cooke, R.J.B. King, H.J. Van Der Molen, 1988
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Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility
In most mammalian species, prolactin is a single-chain polypeptide of 199 amino acids, 40% similar in structure to growth hormone and placental lactogen. All three hormones are believed to have originated from a common ancestral protein  ...
Marc A. Fritz, Leon Speroff, 2011
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Prolactin Secretion: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Rigg, LA. and Yen, S.S.C. Multiphasic prolactin secretion during parturition in human subjects. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 128: 215, 1977. Weiss, R.R., Frantz, A.G. , Maeri, J.N., Robins, J. and Merker, J.G. Prolactin and human placental lactogen  ...
Flavio Mena, 1984
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VITAMINS AND HORMONES
Hypothalamic. Control. of. Prolactin. Secretion. JOSEPH. MEITES. And. JAMES. A. CLEMENS. Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing , Michigan, and Department of Physiological Research, Eli Lilly and Company, ...
Robert S. Harris, 1973
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Basic Medical Endocrinology
It has been found experimentally that abrupt relief from dopamine inhibition results in a surge of prolactin secretion. It is possible that prolactin secretion is also under positive control by way of a yet-to-be-identified prolactinreleasing factor.
H. Maurice Goodman, 2003
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Berek & Novak's Gynecology
In the basal state, three forms are released, a monomer, a dimer, and a multimeric species, called little, big, and big-big prolactin, respectively (179-181). The two larger species can be degraded to the monomeric form by reducing disulfide ...
Jonathan S. Berek, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROLACTIN»

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Research and Markets: European Immunodiagnostics Market 2015 …
Cortisol, Estradiol, FSH, HCG, Gastrin, LH, Progesterone, PTH/IO PTH, Prolactin, T3, T3 Uptake, Free T3, T4, Free T4, TBG, Testosterone, ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
2
Public Release: 27-Jul-2015 Narrowing in on pituitary tumors
... mass spectrometry imaging - MALDI MSI) that can analyze specific hormones, including growth hormone and prolactin, in tissue. In the newly ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
3
Research and Markets: Global Clinical Chemistry and …
Cortisol, Estradiol, FSH, HCG, Gastrin, LH, Progesterone, PTH/IO PTH, Prolactin, T3, T3 Uptake, Free T3, T4, Free T4, TBG, Testosterone, ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
4
Five animals that look after their babies in ingenious ways
It is stimulated by prolactin, the same hormone that's active in the human production of milk. The feeding, which continues until the chick's bill ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
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Emphasis on workplace support
Night feeding is especially useful, since prolactin – the milk secreting hormone – production increases at night, and it helps the mother relax. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Fetal hematopoietic stem cells express MFG-E8 during mouse …
... EGF-factor 8 (MFG-E8) mRNA and protein in the human endometrium and its regulation by prolactin. Mol Hum Reprod 2011; 17: 360–371. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Diagnosing and treating low testosterone (hypogonadism) in men
In the case of secondary hypogonadism, the rest of pituitary function should be checked; prolactin, IGF-1 (insulin like growth factor 1), a short ... «Nursing in Practice, Jul 15»
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D5 causes cancer in rats but 'not relevant' to humans
This is triggered by a decrease in the concentration of prolactin, a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. The paper concludes that D5 is ... «Chemical Watch, Jul 15»
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US Endocrine Function Testing Market 2015-2020
... by country and market segment for the following assays: Cortisol, Estradiol, FSH, HCG, Gastrin, LH, Progesterone, PTH/IO PTH, Prolactin, T3, ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
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Science Has Finally Explained the Dad Bod
Their testosterone levels, which are associated with aggression and libido, fall while their prolactin levels, associated with care-taking, rise. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Prolactin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prolactin>. Apr 2024 ».
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