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-gesterone

UK/ˈd͡ʒɛ.stə.ɹəʊn/US/ˈd͡ʒɛ.stəˌɹoʊn/

-gesterone suffix: used to form names of progestational steroids.

Suffix

-gesterone

  1. Used to form names of progestational steroids.

Origin of -gesterone

From progesterone.

Questions about -gesterone

What does -gesterone mean?
-gesterone means used to form names of progestational steroids.
What part of speech is -gesterone?
-gesterone is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -gesterone?
-gesterone is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛ.stə.ɹəʊn/ (UK).

Words near -gesterone in the dictionary

  1. -genin
  2. -genous
  3. -geny
  4. -gerous
  5. -gest
  6. -gesterone
  7. -gestr-
  8. -geusia
  9. -ghazi
  10. -ghazis
  11. -giline

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