Definition of "luteinizing" [luteinizing]

• Present participle of luteinize. (verb)
• Causing development of the corpus luteum (adjective)

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• "TRELSTAR (R), developed by Debiopharm Group, a Swiss biopharmaceutical development specialist, and marketed by Watson Pharma, Inc., is a synthetic hormone known as a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist, which suppresses the production of testosterone in the testicles."
• "Another hormone, called luteinizing hormone, is the catalyst that actually propels the egg out of the ovary."
• "It is therefore called luteinizing hormone, usually abbreviated as LH."