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levonogestrel

levonogestrel is the misspelling of levonorgestrel.

Meaning of levonorgestrel

Noun

levonorgestrel (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.
    • The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t...2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN

Questions about levonogestrel

What is levonogestrel the misspelling of?
Levonogestrel is the misspelling of levonorgestrel.

Words near levonogestrel in the dictionary

  1. levomycetin
  2. levonadifloxacin
  3. levonantradol
  4. Levonian
  5. Levonians
  6. levonogestrel
  7. levonordefrin
  8. levonorgestrel
  9. Levonte
  10. Levonyan
  11. Levonyans

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