LUTEINIZING HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does luteinizing hormone mean? 

• LUTEINIZING HORMONE (noun)
  The noun LUTEINIZING HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

  Familiarity information: LUTEINIZING HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUTEINIZING HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ICSH; interstitial cell-stimulating hormone; LH; luteinizing hormone

Hypernyms ("luteinizing hormone" is a kind of...):

gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)

 Context examples 

Physiological effects include the inhibition of luteinizing hormone (LH) release, an increase in the endometrial luteal-phase, and alterations in endocervical mucus secretion.

(Norethindrone Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

GnRH causes the pituitary gland to make luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH).

(GnRH, NCI Dictionary)

A substance that blocks the pituitary gland from making hormones called follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

(GnRH antagonist, NCI Dictionary)

Ganirelix directly competes with the GnRH for receptor binding in the anterior pituitary gland, thus induces a rapid and reversible suppression of the release of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

(Ganirelix Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor protein, is involved in both the neuroregulatoion of reproduction and in the release of gonadotropic luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone.

(GNRHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result of the negative feedback mechanism, luteinizing hormone (LH) release is inhibited, which leads to an inhibition of ovulation and an alteration in the cervical mucus and endometrium.

(Ethynodiol Diacetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Abarelix directly and competitively binds to and blocks the gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor in the anterior pituitary gland, thereby inhibiting the secretion and release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).

(Abarelix, NCI Thesaurus)

GnRH causes the pituitary gland to make luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).

(Gonadotropin-releasing hormone, NCI Dictionary)

Pergolide mesylate binds to and activates dopamine receptor subtypes D1 and D2, resulting in prolactin secretion inhibition, transient increase in serum concentration of growth hormone, and decrease in serum concentration of luteinizing hormone.

(Pergolide Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Ozarelix competitively binds to and blocks the gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor in the anterior pituitary gland, thereby inhibiting the secretion and release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).

(Ozarelix, NCI Thesaurus)