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oestrin

UK/ˈiːstɹɪn/

oestrin noun: an oestrogen, specifically oestrone.

Noun

oestrin (countable and uncountable, plural oestrins)

  1. (archaic) An oestrogen, specifically oestrone.
    • Encouraged by his friends Solly Zuckerman and J. B. S. Haldane, Bernal had obtained crystals of calciferol and the female sex hormone oestrin.1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life

oestrin meaning in Tamil

oestrin in Tamil

இசுத்திரின்

Forms of oestrin

pluraloestrins
alternative formestrin

Origin of oestrin

From oestr(us) + -in.

Questions about oestrin

What does oestrin mean?
Oestrin means an oestrogen, specifically oestrone.
What is oestrin in Tamil?
Oestrin in Tamil is இசுத்திரின். See Oestrin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oestrin?
Oestrin is a noun.
How do you pronounce oestrin?
Oestrin is pronounced /ˈiːstɹɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of oestrin?
The plural of oestrin is oestrins.

Words near oestrin in the dictionary

  1. Oestreich
  2. Oestreichs
  3. oestri
  4. oestrid
  5. oestrids
  6. oestrin
  7. oestrins
  8. oestriol
  9. oestriols
  10. oestro
  11. oestrogen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oestrin (page history and authors); oestrin (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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