luteinizing hormone

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Definition of luteinizing hormone in English Turkish dictionary: (Tıp) luteinize edici hormon

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Definition of luteinizing hormone in English English dictionary: A hormone, produced by 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; hormone produced by the pituitary gland that helps control the menstrual cycle; A pituitary hormone that stimulates the gonads In the man LH is necessary for spermatogenesis (Sertoli cell function) and for the production of testosterone (Leydig cell function) In the woman LH is necessary for the production of estrogen When estrogen reaches a critical peak, the pituitary releases a surge of LH (the LH spike), which releases the egg from the follicle; a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals; A hormone either produced naturally by the pituitary or given 1~ as a medication (Pergonal) which causes follicle development, egg maturity, and ovulation; Produced by the pituitary gland; in combination with FSH, it stimulates the ovary to release the egg (ovulation); {i} LH, gonadotropic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland stimulating maturation of eggs and development of the corpus luteum in females and sperm in males (also luteinising hormone); a hormone produced by the pituitary, which acts upon the ovaries to prompt ovulation About 36 hours before ovulation, the level of LH will greatly increase in the blood and subsequently the urine This increase in LH is the "LH surge" and may be detected by testing the urine; This hormone is released by the pituitary gland in small quantities early in your cycle and then again in large quantities just before ovulation The second "surge" of luteinizing hormone is what induces ovulation and the subsequent transformation of the dominant follicle into the corpus luteum; A gonadotropic protein hormone, secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the final ripening & rupture of the ovarian follicles & the secretion of progesterone by the corpus luteum; it also stimulates the prodn of testosterone in the male; lutropin; LH