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theelin

theelin noun: the steroid hormone estrone.

Noun

theelin (uncountable)

  1. (steroids) The steroid hormone estrone.
    • The isolation of the crystalline hormone seems to justify the selection of a new name which should be reserved for the crystalline material and which in reality becomes the name of a new and probably hitherto unknown chemical substance. Accordingly, we suggest the term “theelin.“ This word is...1930 June, CD Veler, “The preparation of the crystalline follicular ovarian hormone: Theelin”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry, page 357

Origin of theelin

The Greek word θῆλυς + suffix (“in”).

Questions about theelin

What does theelin mean?
Theelin means the steroid hormone estrone.
What part of speech is theelin?
Theelin is a noun.

Words near theelin in the dictionary

  1. theeker
  2. theekers
  3. theeking
  4. theeks
  5. Theel
  6. theelin
  7. theelol
  8. Theels
  9. Theemim
  10. Theemin
  11. theer

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