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lactotrope

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lactotrope /lac·to·trope/ (lak´to-trōp) lactotroph.
lactotrope
an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that secretes prolactin.


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Many degenerating and nondegenerated gonadotropes, somatotropes, and lactotropes showed dilated ER (Figures 3 and 5) and hypertrophic Golgi areas, occasionally with some lightly dense granules inside.
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