mammotrophic, -tropic, a. Physiol.
(mæməʊˈtrəʊfɪk, -ˈtrəʊpɪk, -ˈtrɒpɪk)
[f. mammo- + -trophic, -tropic.]
Stimulating or having the ability to stimulate the breasts, esp. in relation to growth or milk secretion.
| 1935 Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. XXXII. 1049 The hypophyseal mammotropic hormone. 1942 Ibid. LI. 308 (heading) The direct mammotrophic action of lactogenic hormone. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. June 47/1 All males normally produce small quantities of mammotrophic hormone, but to what end remains a mystery. 1973 Nature 8 June 349/2 To further define the relationship between the mammotrophic and sebotrophic hormones we have studied the effect of suckling on sebum secretion. |
So mammoˈtrophin, -ˈtropin = prolactin.
| 1935 Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. XXXII. 1049 (heading) Detection of mammotropin in the urine of lactating women. 1952 [see lactogen s.v. lacto-]. 1958 Proc. R. Soc. B. CXLIX. 309 By adding mammotrophin (MH) to these steroids, incomplete lobulo-alveolar growth was induced. 1961 Lancet 7 Oct. 792/1 The demonstration of mammotrophin activity. |