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oestrogen

oestrogen is the alternative spelling of estrogen.

Meaning of estrogen

Noun

estrogen (countable and uncountable, plural estrogens)

  1. (steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
    • secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis, Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36
    Synonyms:
    E, estro

Forms of oestrogen

pluraloestrogens

Words formed from oestrogen

Questions about oestrogen

What is oestrogen the alternative spelling of?
Oestrogen is the alternative spelling of estrogen.

Words near oestrogen in the dictionary

  1. oestrin
  2. oestrins
  3. oestriol
  4. oestriols
  5. oestro
  6. oestrogen
  7. oestrogenic
  8. oestrogenically
  9. oestrogenicity
  10. oestrogenisation
  11. oestrogenism

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