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- verb Present participle of
luteinize . - adjective Causing development of the
corpus luteum
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Examples
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TRELSTAR (R), developed by Debiopharm Group, a Swiss biopharmaceutical development specialist, and marketed by Watson Pharma, Inc., is a synthetic hormone known as a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist, which suppresses the production of testosterone in the testicles.
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TRELSTAR (R), developed by Debiopharm Group, a Swiss biopharmaceutical development specialist, and marketed by Watson Pharma, Inc., is a synthetic hormone known as a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist, which suppresses the production of testosterone in the testicles.
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Another hormone, called luteinizing hormone, is the catalyst that actually propels the egg out of the ovary.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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It is therefore called luteinizing hormone, usually abbreviated as LH.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The pituitary also produces another hormone, called luteinizing hormone (LH), which remains at low levels during most of the cycle and then surges when it is time to ovulate.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The pituitary also produces another hormone, called luteinizing hormone (LH), which remains at low levels during most of the cycle and then surges when it is time to ovulate.
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For example, research on humans has shown that women's faces and scents become even more attractive to men as levels of a chemical called luteinizing hormone rise in women, and their ovarian follicles prepare to release an egg.
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This was the problem, though: While the patients 'pituitary glands were releasing plenty of follicle-stimulating hormone, or FSH, which causes follicles to grow, the glands also were releasing excessively high levels of luteinizing hormone, or LH.
Don't say 'early menopause,' it's primary ovarian insufficiency 2010
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There might include excessive production of estrogen, follicle stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone, or even damage to the pituitary gland itself.
Jeffrey Smith: Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats Jeffrey Smith 2010
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When she ovulates, her oestrogen is "spiked with the lush brandy of luteinizing hormone", and in spite of her thanking 23 people for their professional editorial assistance with her book, none of them suggested she do anything about the sentence: "Whenever we were in the back yard, Karen would sometimes jump into the hammock with us . . ."
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