somatomammotroph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of cell in the anterior pituitary gland that produces both somatotropin and prolactin.

Word forms

somatomammotroph somatomammotrophs

Etymology

From somato- + mammo- + -troph.

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