macroprolactinemic

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English

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Etymology

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From macroprolactin +‎ -emic.

Adjective

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macroprolactinemic (not comparable)

  1. (pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting macroprolactinemia.
    • 2012 February, G Tamer, “Prevalence of pituitary adenomas in macroprolactinemic patients may be higher than it is presumed”, in Endocrine, volume 41, number 1, page 138:
      In this study, we aimed to compare macroprolactinemic patients (group I) with the true hyperprolactinemic patients (group II) for the presence of pituitary adenoma.