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LACTOGEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lactogen mean?
• LACTOGEN (noun)
The noun LACTOGEN has 1 sense:
1. any agent that enhances milk production
Familiarity information: LACTOGEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any agent that enhances milk production
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("lactogen" is a kind of...):
agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lactogen"):
lactogenic hormone; luteotropin; prolactin (gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition)
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