estrogen
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estrogen
- /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/ US
- /ˈiːstɹəd͡ʒən/ UK
noun estrogens · oestrogen · œstrogen
- Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones. secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).
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Closest in meaning: oestrogen, tamoxifen, estrogenic, estradiol, estrone, estriol, folliculin, œstrogen, estro, oestradiol, oestrone, oestriol, oestrin, phytoestrogen, extradiol, androgen
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noun estrogen
| Español | estrógeno |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 에스트로겐 eseuteurogen |
| 日本語 | エストロゲン esutorogen |
| 中文 | 雌激素 cíjīsù |
| हिन्दी | स्त्रीमदजन strīmadjan |
| Português | estrogénio, estrogênio, estrógeno |
| Français | œstrogène |
| Deutsch | Östrogen |
| Italiano | estrogeno |
| Ελληνικά | οιστρογόνο oistrogóno |
| Русский | эстроге́н estrogén |
| العربية | إِسْتُرُوجِين ʔisturūjīn, أَسْتُرُوجِين ʔasturūjīn |
| עברית | אסטרוגן |
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title = {estrogen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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