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。
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."