See Also: luteotropin(medicine)

prandial (iou) and luteotropin (medicine)


prandial (iou)



prandial adjective. formal or joc. E19.
[from Latin prandium late breakfast + -AL1.]
Pertaining to a meal, esp. lunch or dinner.
W. Gaddis He interrupted the silent prandial industry beside him to ask for something else.
prandially adverb in connection with a meal, esp. lunch or dinner M19.

luteotropin (medicine)


luteotropin


An anterior pituitary hormone whose action maintains the function of the corpus luteum.

Synonym: luteotropic hormone.