Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2007) Hyperprolactinaemia or hyperprolactinemia is the presence of abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood. Normal levels are less than 500 mIU/L [20 ng/mL or Âµg/L] for women, and less than 450 mIU/L for men. Prolactin is a peptide hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that is primarily associated with lactation and plays a vital role in breast development during pregnancy.
Â© A Dictionary of Biology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. cymose inflorescence (cyme; definite inflorescence) A type of flowering shoot (see inflorescence) in which the first-formed flower develops from the growing region at the top of the flower stalk (see illustration).n a dichasial cyme (or dichasium), the development of the flower at the apex is followed by two new flower axes developing from buds opposite one another, as in plants of the family Caryophyllaceae (such as stitchwort).
Diagrammatic representations of a few inflorescence types. Digital scan from MIOS Journal 3(7): 5, issue of July, 2002. As a practical point, the term inflorescence does not just refer to the specific arrangement, but the term inflorescence is used when one speaks of that portion of the plant directly and only having to do with displaying flowers. Five different types of inflorescences are illustrated below (Fig. 1). It is correct to refer to each simply as an inflorescence, but just referring to it as such, tells nothing about what type of an inflorescence it is.