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Luteinizing hormone
Luteinizing hormone (LH, ICSH, lutropin) is an anterior pituitary gonadotropin with alpha and beta subunits that drives gonadal steroidogenesis, the midcycle ovulation surge, and testosterone production, and is measured in fertility testing.
Luteinizing hormone test
The luteinizing hormone test is a blood or urine measurement of LH, a pituitary hormone, used to time ovulation, assess fertility, and diagnose puberty and pituitary disorders.
Lutembacher's syndrome
Lutembacher's syndrome: coexistence of atrial septal defect (congenital or iatrogenic) and mitral stenosis (usually rheumatic). Named for René Lutembacher's 1916 account; treated by percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty plus ASD device closure.
Luteolin
Luteolin is a naturally occurring flavone, a plant polyphenol found in celery, parsley, thyme, and weld, once Europe's standard yellow dye and now studied for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer activity.
Luteoviridae
Luteoviridae, former family of phloem-limited, aphid-transmitted plant RNA viruses (luteovirids) with 25–30 nm icosahedral virions and 5.6–6.0 kb positive-sense genomes; genera now split between Solemoviridae and Tombusviridae.
Lutetia
Lutetia, also known as Lutetia Parisiorum, was the Gallic and Gallo-Roman town on the site of modern Paris, the capital of the Parisii tribe on the Seine.
Lutetian
The Lutetian is the second of four Eocene stages, spanning about 47.8 to 41.2 million years ago and named after Lutetia, the Roman name for Paris.
Lutetium
Lutetium, also called cassiopeium, is a silvery-white metal, atomic number 71 and the heaviest lanthanide, discovered in 1907 and named after Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris.
Lutetium oxodotreotide
Lutathera (lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide, lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) is a radiolabeled somatostatin analog for SSTR-positive GEP-NETs; EU approval 2017, US 2018, dosed 7.4 GBq every 8 weeks for four cycles.
Lutetium-177
Lutetium-177 (177Lu) is a reactor-produced radioactive isotope of the rare-earth metal lutetium, with a 6.647-day half-life, used in the approved cancer therapies Lutathera and Pluvicto.
Lutfur Rahman (British politician)
Lutfur Rahman is a British politician and founder of the Aspire party who has served as Mayor of Tower Hamlets, a London borough, since 2022, and was re-elected in 2026.
Luthen Rael
Luthen Rael, a fictional character in Star Wars' Andor played by Stellan Skarsgård, is a Coruscant antiquities dealer who secretly serves as spymaster and mastermind of the early rebellion, originally Sergeant Lear, killed in the series finale after uncovering the Death Star.
Luther (song)
Luther (song): 2024 duet by Kendrick Lamar with SZA from GNX, sampling Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn's "If This World Were Mine" (1982). Spent 13 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Record of the Year at the 2026 Grammys.
Luther (TV series)
Luther is a BBC One British psychological crime drama created by Neil Cross, starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther. Five seasons, 20 episodes (2010-2019), continued in the 2023 Netflix film Luther: The Fallen Sun and a 2026 sequel.
Luther 3
Luther 3 (Series Three) is the third season of the BBC crime drama Luther, written by Neil Cross and starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther; filmed from November 2012, broadcast July 2013 in four episodes, ending with Neil Cross's 2013 announcement of no fourth season.
Luther Bible
The Luther Bible is Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible, first published in Wittenberg as the New Testament in 1522 and completed in 1534, a major influence on written German.
Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank (1849–1926), American horticulturist and 'plant wizard' of Santa Rosa, California; bred about 800 cultivars including the Burbank/Russet Burbank potato, Santa Rosa plum, and Shasta daisy; contested scientific reputation.
Luther Cifers
Luther Cifers, born 1974, in Richmond, Virginia, is an American Republican politician and entrepreneur who won a January 2025 special election to the Virginia Senate's 10th district.
Luther College (Iowa)
Luther College (Iowa): private ELCA-affiliated liberal arts college in Decorah, Iowa; first U.S. college founded by Norwegian immigrants; opened 1861 at Halfway Creek, Wisconsin; coeducational since 1936; about 1,327 students, strong music and Nordic studies programs.
Luther college herbarium
Luther College herbarium (LCDI), Decorah, Iowa: small teaching herbarium founded 1968 with about 1,000 pressed plant specimens, strong in northeastern Iowa flora, curated by Beth Lynch and digitized via iDigBio.
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
The Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg are a UNESCO World Heritage Site of six monuments in Saxony-Anhalt linked to Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, inscribed in 1996.
Luther P. Eisenhart
Luther P. Eisenhart (1876–1965) was an American mathematician who spent his entire career at Princeton University, working in differential geometry and tensor analysis, and served as president of the American Mathematical Society.
Luther Reigns
Luther Reigns, ring name of Matt Wiese, also wrestled as Horshu, and is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his 2004 to 2005 run in WWE.
Luther Stickell
Luther Stickell (Luther John Stickell), also known as Phineas Phreak, is the IMF computer-hacker deuteragonist of the Mission: Impossible films, played by Ving Rhames in all eight movies from 1996 to 2025, dying in The Final Reckoning.
Luther Strange
Luther Johnson Strange III (born 1953), called Big Luther, is an Alabama Republican lawyer, attorney general 2011-2017, and appointed U.S. senator February 2017 to January 2018, defeated by Roy Moore in the 2017 special election runoff.
Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross (1951–2005), American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer; debut Never Too Much (1981), 11 consecutive platinum albums, eight Grammys, Dance With My Father; 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Luther: Never Too Much
Luther: Never Too Much is Dawn Porter's 2024 Sundance-premiering documentary on R&B singer Luther Vandross, from jingles and backup singing to 40 million records sold, eight Grammys, CNN/OWN broadcast, and 2025 NAACP Image Award wins.
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Luther: The Fallen Sun is a 2023 Netflix crime thriller continuing the BBC series Luther, directed by Jamie Payne and written by Neil Cross, starring Idris Elba as John Luther breaking out of prison to hunt Andy Serkis's serial killer David Robey.
Luthera family
Luthera family, asteroid family named for 1303 Luthera, a highly inclined outer main-belt collisional family identified at about 45 m/s cutoff, roughly 275 Myr old, with about 251 members and possible T-/D-type spectra.
Lutheran High School of Orange County
Lutheran High School of Orange County, also known as Orange Lutheran High School, is a private Lutheran college-preparatory high school in Orange, California, founded in 1973 and serving grades 9 through 12.