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hydroxyprogesterone

hydroxyprogesterone noun: a steroid hormone, produced during the synthesis of glucocorticoids and sex steroids.

Noun

hydroxyprogesterone (uncountable)

  1. A steroid hormone, produced during the synthesis of glucocorticoids and sex steroids.

hydroxyprogesterone meaning in Tamil

hydroxyprogesterone in Tamil

ஐதரொட்சிபுரோகெசுத்தெரோன்

Origin of hydroxyprogesterone

From hydroxy- + progesterone.

Words formed from hydroxyprogesterone

Questions about hydroxyprogesterone

What does hydroxyprogesterone mean?
Hydroxyprogesterone means a steroid hormone, produced during the synthesis of glucocorticoids and sex steroids.
What is hydroxyprogesterone in Tamil?
Hydroxyprogesterone in Tamil is ஐதரொட்சிபுரோகெசுத்தெரோன். See Hydroxyprogesterone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydroxyprogesterone?
Hydroxyprogesterone is a noun.

Words near hydroxyprogesterone in the dictionary

  1. hydroxypiperidines
  2. hydroxypolymer
  3. hydroxypolymers
  4. hydroxypregnenolone
  5. hydroxyprocaine
  6. hydroxyprogesterone
  7. hydroxyproline
  8. hydroxyprolines
  9. hydroxyprolyl
  10. hydroxyprolyls
  11. hydroxypropanal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydroxyprogesterone (page history and authors); hydroxyprogesterone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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