Meaning & use
Lactogen
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A hormone or substance that stimulates the production of milk.
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Placental lactogen helps prepare the mammary glands for breastfeeding.
Researchers studied how lactogen levels change throughout pregnancy.
A note on using this word
"Lactogen" combines "lacto-" (milk) with "-gen" (producing), and is best known from human placental lactogen, a pregnancy hormone.
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