mammotroph

lactotroph

 [lak´to-trōf″] a type of acidophil in the adenohypophysis that secretes prolactin. Called also lactotrope, luteotroph, and mammotroph.

mam·mo·troph

(mam'ō-trof), An acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis that produces prolactin. Synonym(s): prolactin cell

mammotroph

An obsolete term for a cell that produces prolactin; prolactin-secreting cell is the preferred term in the working medical parlance.