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quinestrol

quinestrol noun: a synthetic oestrogen used in hormone replacement therapy.

Noun

quinestrol (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic oestrogen used in hormone replacement therapy.

Origin of quinestrol

From Latin quin(que) (“five”) + -estr- (“estrogen”) + -ol.

Questions about quinestrol

What does quinestrol mean?
Quinestrol means a synthetic oestrogen used in hormone replacement therapy.
What part of speech is quinestrol?
Quinestrol is a noun.

Words near quinestrol in the dictionary

  1. quiner
  2. quiners
  3. quines
  4. quinestradiol
  5. quinestradol
  6. quinestrol
  7. quinetalate
  8. quinethazone
  9. quinetum
  10. Quiney
  11. quinezamide

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