prolactin
English
noun
Definitions
- (hormone) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
Etymology
Affix from English grc + English πρό + English lacto-, from der + English la (syllable used in singing, war)+ English lac (milk)derived from Ancient Greek πρό (before, for, in front) derived from Latin lac (milk).
Origin
Latin
lac
Gloss
milk
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
乳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- La-La Land English
- Procyon English
- atrichia English
- atrichic English
- grc English
- hypoprolactinemia English
- ichnusaite English
- inosite English
- inositol English
- la English
- lac English
- laciferous English
- lactific English
- lacto- English
- lacto-, from der English
- lactobutyrometer English
- lactoferrin English
- lactose English
- lacwork English
- macroprolactin English
- macroprolactinemia English
- macroprolactinemic English
- macroprolactinoma English
- megasporangium English
- nido- English
- parabellum English
- preprolactin English
- procoelous English
- prolactinemia English
- prolactinoma English
- protactic English
- prothalamion English
- regicide English
- seedlac English
- shellac English
- sticklac English
- πρό English
- *allactāre, *allactō Latin
- labii Latin
- lac Latin
- lactarius Latin
- lactem Latin
- lacteus Latin
- lacto Latin
- lactosus Latin
- lactuca Latin
- lactose French
- lactosa Spanish, Castilian
- leche Spanish, Castilian
- κομψος Ancient Greek
- προβάλλω Ancient Greek
- προσκήνιον Ancient Greek
- πρό Ancient Greek
- πρόλοβος Ancient Greek
- πρόξενος Ancient Greek
- πρότερος Ancient Greek
- *pró Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵlákt Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵlákts Proto-Indo-European
- laktose Norwegian Bokmål
- laca Portuguese
- laktose Norwegian Nynorsk
- forrit Icelandic
- selak Cebuano
- promelas Translingual
- לקטוז Hebrew (modern)
- lach Occitan
- łate Venetian
- *llaɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- لاكتوز Hijazi Arabic
- lacc Lombard
- la
- grc
- πρό
- lac
- nido-
- lacto-
- lacto-
- seedlac
- Procyon
- lacwork
- inosite
- lactose
- shellac
- atrichia
- sticklac
- lactific
- regicide
- inositol
- atrichic
- protactic
- from der
- laciferous
- procoelous
- ichnusaite
- parabellum
- La-La Land
- lactoferrin
- preprolactin
- prothalamion
- prolactinoma
- prolactinemia
- megasporangium
- macroprolactin
- lactobutyrometer
- hypoprolactinemia
- macroprolactinoma
- macroprolactinemia
- macroprolactinemic