LACTOGEN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any agent that enhances milk production

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lactogen" is a kind of...):

agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lactogen"):

lactogenic hormone; luteotropin; prolactin (gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition)

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