Word.ws English Dictionary

methallenestril

methallenestril noun: a synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen formerly used to treat menstrual problems.

Noun

methallenestril (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen formerly used to treat menstrual problems.

Forms of methallenestril

alternative formmethallenoestril
alternative formmethallenestrol

Origin of methallenestril

From meth- + allene + -estr- (“estrogen”) + -yl.

Questions about methallenestril

What does methallenestril mean?
Methallenestril means a synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen formerly used to treat menstrual problems.
What part of speech is methallenestril?
Methallenestril is a noun.

Words near methallenestril in the dictionary

  1. methaemoglobinuria
  2. methaemoglobinuric
  3. methafurylene
  4. methai
  5. methal
  6. methallenestril
  7. methallenestrol
  8. methallenoestril
  9. methallylescaline
  10. methalox
  11. metham sodium

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: methallenestril (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “methallenestril.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/methallenestril. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.