prolactinoman.
/prəʊˌlaktᵻˈnəʊmə/, U.S. /proʊˌlæktəˈnoʊmə/ Pathology.
A prolactin-secreting pituitary tumour.
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1975 S. Franks et al. in Hormone Res. 6 273 Pituitary tumours causing disorders of reproduction are almost without exception ‘prolactinomas’.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) i. 12 Prolactin levels may be high in prolactinomas (30% have galactorrhoea).
2004 Jrnl. Neurosurg. 100 116 (title) Malignant prolactinoma with multiple bone and pulmonary metastases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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