Oestrogen

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  • noun. undefined
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  • noun. Alternative spelling of estrogen.
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  • noun. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
    • Word Usage
    "If I develop symptoms, I was planning on increasing my intake of foods that contain oestrogen ... but then a friend said that would be no different to HRT ... except I wouldn't know exactly how much I was taking ..."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sex hormone  steroid  steroid hormone  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    DES  diethylstilbestrol  diethylstilboestrol  estradiol  estriol  
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