n :  a hormone of protein-carbohydrate composition that is obtained from the adenohypophysis of the pituitary gland and that in the female stimulates the development of the corpora lutea and together with follicle-stimulating hormone the secretion of progesterone and in the male the development of interstitial tissue in the testis and the secretion of testosterone - abbr. LH - called also interstitial-cell stimulating hormone , lutropin  .
 
 
 
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