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prolactin in American English
a pituitary hormone stimulating milk secretion in mammals and secretion by the crop gland in certain birds
noun: an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum

prolactin in British English
noun: a gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. In mammals it stimulates the secretion of progesterone by the corpus luteum and initiates and maintains lactation

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