"luteinizing hormone" meaning in English

See luteinizing hormone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: “Luteinizing” is derived from Latin luteus (“yellow”). The luteinizing hormone stimulates the development of the corpus luteum (literally “yellow body”), which is yellow in colour. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|luteus|nocat=1|t=yellow}} Latin luteus (“yellow”), {{m|en|corpus luteum|lit=yellow body}} corpus luteum (literally “yellow body”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} luteinizing hormone (uncountable)
  1. (biochemistry) A hormone, produced by anterior part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals. Wikipedia link: luteinizing hormone Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Synonyms: lutropin, LH [abbreviation] Translations (hormone): ωχρινοτροπίνη (ochrinotropíni) [feminine] (Greek), ormone luteinizzante [masculine] (Italian), hormônio luteinizante [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), hormona luteinizante [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), hormona luteinizante [feminine] (Spanish), luteiniserande hormon [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-luteinizing_hormone-en-noun-Kw2Or4Db Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for luteinizing hormone meaning in English (2.7kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "luteus",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "yellow"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin luteus (“yellow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "corpus luteum",
        "lit": "yellow body"
      },
      "expansion": "corpus luteum (literally “yellow body”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "“Luteinizing” is derived from Latin luteus (“yellow”). The luteinizing hormone stimulates the development of the corpus luteum (literally “yellow body”), which is yellow in colour.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "luteinizing hormone (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biochemistry",
          "orig": "en:Biochemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Chemistry",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hormone, produced by anterior part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals."
      ],
      "id": "en-luteinizing_hormone-en-noun-Kw2Or4Db",
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "pituitary gland",
          "pituitary gland"
        ],
        [
          "ovulation",
          "ovulation"
        ],
        [
          "corpus luteum",
          "corpus luteum"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "androgen",
          "androgen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) A hormone, produced by anterior part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lutropin"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "abbreviation"
          ],
          "word": "LH"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ochrinotropíni",
          "sense": "hormone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ωχρινοτροπίνη"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hormone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ormone luteinizzante"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hormone",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hormônio luteinizante"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hormone",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hormona luteinizante"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hormone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hormona luteinizante"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hormone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "luteiniserande hormon"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "luteinizing hormone"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "luteinizing hormone"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "luteus",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "yellow"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin luteus (“yellow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "corpus luteum",
        "lit": "yellow body"
      },
      "expansion": "corpus luteum (literally “yellow body”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "“Luteinizing” is derived from Latin luteus (“yellow”). The luteinizing hormone stimulates the development of the corpus luteum (literally “yellow body”), which is yellow in colour.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "luteinizing hormone (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Biochemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hormone, produced by anterior part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "pituitary gland",
          "pituitary gland"
        ],
        [
          "ovulation",
          "ovulation"
        ],
        [
          "corpus luteum",
          "corpus luteum"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "androgen",
          "androgen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) A hormone, produced by anterior part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "luteinizing hormone"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lutropin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "LH"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ochrinotropíni",
      "sense": "hormone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ωχρινοτροπίνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hormone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ormone luteinizzante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hormone",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hormônio luteinizante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hormone",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hormona luteinizante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hormone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hormona luteinizante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hormone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "luteiniserande hormon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luteinizing hormone"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.