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pregnanediol

pregnanediol noun: a steroid formed by the metabolism of progesterone; it is excreted in the urine of pregnant women.

Noun

pregnanediol (countable and uncountable, plural pregnanediols)

  1. A steroid formed by the metabolism of progesterone; it is excreted in the urine of pregnant women.

Forms of pregnanediol

pluralpregnanediols

Origin of pregnanediol

From pregnane + diol.

Words formed from pregnanediol

Questions about pregnanediol

What does pregnanediol mean?
Pregnanediol means a steroid formed by the metabolism of progesterone; it is excreted in the urine of pregnant women.
What part of speech is pregnanediol?
Pregnanediol is a noun.
What is the plural of pregnanediol?
The plural of pregnanediol is pregnanediols.

Words near pregnanediol in the dictionary

  1. pregnancy schools
  2. pregnancy sickness
  3. pregnancy test
  4. pregnancy tests
  5. pregnane
  6. pregnanediol
  7. pregnanediols
  8. pregnanedione
  9. pregnanes
  10. pregnanetriol
  11. pregnanetriolone

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