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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation left-hand
  • abbreviation luteinizing hormone

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of the Latin (New Latin) Litterarum humaniorum doctor, ‘doctor of the more humane letters'—that is, of the humanities or of learning: a degree conferred by universities.
  • noun An abbreviation of Lord High Admiral.
  • noun An abbreviation of Lord High Chancellor.
  • noun An abbreviation of Lord High Treasurer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biochem.), Acronym An abbreviation for luteinizing hormone, a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the pituitary and stimulates ovulation in female mammals, and stimulates androgen release in male mammals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism biology luteinizing hormone
  • initialism US, army, aviation light helicopter
  • initialism music, knitting left hand

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

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