different between peptide vs prolactin

English

Etymology

From German Peptid, from Ancient Greek ?????? (peptós, “digested”).

Noun

peptide (plural peptides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
2. (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:peptide

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• peptide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English peptide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?p.tid/
• Homophone: peptides

Noun

peptide m (plural peptides)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

Further reading

• “peptide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pep?ti.de/
• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

peptide m (plural peptidi)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

Derived terms

• peptidico

English

Etymology

From pro- (from Ancient Greek ??? (pró, “before”)) +? lact- (variation of lacto-, from Latin lac (“milk”)) +? -in (modification of -ine).

Noun

prolactin (usually uncountable, plural prolactins)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
   • 2019, Sara Pascoe, Sex Power Money:

     Men get a dose of the hormone prolactin after orgasm and this acts as a sedative.

Synonyms

• lactotropin
• luteotropic hormone
• luteotropin
• mammotropin

Derived terms

• macroprolactin
• prolactinic
• prolactinoma

Translations

Further reading

• prolactin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia