luteo-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “golden yellow,” used in the formation of compound words:
luteotropin.
Origin
combining form representing Latin lūteus; see -o-
Related Words
- progesterone
- luteotropic
luteo-
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luteo-
combining form
1.
- orange-coloured表示“淡黄色的”, “橙色的”：
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luteofulvous.
2.
- relating to the corpus luteum表示“与黄体有关的”：
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luteotrophic.
词源
from Latin luteus （or neuter luteum） 'yellow'.
1889 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,*Luteo-cobaltic salts.
1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 205Apothecia *luteo-fulvous.
Ibid. 246Spores 1, *luteo-fuscescent, narrow-oblong . [ etc.]
1861 Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. v. 152Gallic, ellagic, and *luteogallic acids.
1880 J. W. Legg Bile 39The lutein of Thudichum appears to resemble the *luteo-hæmatoidin..of Piccolo and Lieben.
1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 341Apothecia *luteo-rufescent or reddish-flesh-coloured.
Ibid. 267Lecidea melanochroza, Leight. *luteo-virescent.
1961 J. W. Everett in W. C. Young Sex & Internal Secretions (ed. 3) I. viii. 537/1By luteolysis we shall refer to corpus luteum regression in any of its manifestations.
1965 Endocrinology LXXVI. 1218/1 The luteolysis induced by estrogen.
1971 Nature 23 Apr. 526/1 We have measured the output of prostaglandin from the uterus in one condition which is associated with premature luteolysis, uterine distension.
1974 Ibid. 10 May 176/2In many species luteolysis is dependent upon the presence of the uterus and an intact utero-ovarian vasculature.
1961 Recent Progress Hormone Res. XVII. 122This experiment..argues against the possibility that the luteolytic effect of progesterone is due to a direct action on the corpus luteum.
1965 Endocrinology LXXVI. 1214/1 Particular attention was focused on establishing the luteolytic dose of estradiol cyclopentylpropionate.
1971 Nature 23 Apr. 526/1 Prostaglandin F2α..has a luteolytic action in various species including the guinea-pig.
1931 R. J. E. Scott Gould'sMed. Dict. (ed. 3) 749/1Luteoma, a tumor developing from the corpus luteum.
1947 Radiology XLIX. 280/1 Figure 10 shows a mixed luteoma and tubular adenoma.
1966 R. W. Evans Histol. Appearances Tumours (ed. 2) xxviii. 666There exists a rare though well-recognized ovarian tumour which, because of its debatable nature and genesis, has been variously and confusingly called: adrenocorticoid tumour or hypernephroma of ovary, virilizing lipoid-cell tumour, luteoma, androgenic hilus-cell tumour and masculinovoblastoma.
luteo-
combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin luteus yellowish, luteous
1. : yellowish : yellowish and
< luteofuscous >
< luteovirescent >
2. : being one of a series of coordination complexes (as of cobalt or chromium) that contain six molecules of ammonia or their equivalent and that in most cases are yellow
< luteo-cobaltic chloride [Co(NH3)6]Cl3 >
1.
< luteofuscous >
< luteovirescent >
2.
< luteo-cobaltic chloride [Co(NH3)6]Cl3 >
luteo-
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Prefix
- chemistry orange-yellow; brownish yellow
Etymology
Latin luteus