prolactin
prolactin — 名詞
1. a hormone produced in the brain that tells a woman's body to produce milk after
催乳激素
腦下垂體分泌、促進乳汁生成的荷爾蒙
a hormone produced in the brain that tells a woman's body to produce milk after she has given birth
Doctors measured Lan's prolactin levels five days after she gave birth.
Lan 生產後第五天，醫生測量了她的催乳激素數值。
prolactin levels — common measurement collocation
High prolactin in the blood can sometimes affect a woman's monthly cycle.
血液中的催乳激素過高有時會影響女性的月經週期。
prolactin in the blood — prepositional phrase
The nurse explained that prolactin helps new mothers produce enough milk for their babies.
護理師解釋說，催乳激素能幫助新手媽媽分泌足夠的乳汁給寶寶。
Kasia's doctor ordered a blood test to check her prolactin production.
Kasia 的醫生安排了抽血檢查，以確認她的催乳激素生成狀況。
prolactin production — noun + noun collocation
- prolactin levels
- prolactin production
- high prolactin
- prolactin in the blood
用法筆記
Prolactin is an uncountable noun in most contexts. The word appears most often in medical or biological writing, especially in the phrase "prolactin levels."