progestogen

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/pɹəˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/
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/pɹəˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/ · /pɹoʊˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/

Definition of progestogen

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The steroid hormone progesterone.
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noun

  1. The steroid hormone progesterone.
  2. Any of a class of synthetic hormones which produce effects similar to progesterone (the only natural progestogen) and have antiestrogenic and antigonadotropic properties.

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Etymology

From pro- + Latin gestō (“to bear, to carry”) + -o- + -gen. First attested in 1941.

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