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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ About 30 years ago the estrogen receptor protein was first isolated from the rat uterus. ▪ After the second month of pregnancy, estriol levels steadily increase as the placenta takes over estrogen production. 344. ▪ For coronary ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics [syn: oestrogen ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Estrogen ( American English ) or oestrogen ( Commonwealth English ) is the primary female sex hormone . It is responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics . Estrogen may also refer to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context steroid hormone English) Any of a group of (l en steroids) that are (l en secreted) by the (l en ovaries) and (l en function) as (l en female) (l en sex) (l en hormones).
Usage examples of estrogen.
It is a nonsteroidal compound that just happens to act like an estrogen in some ways.
Growth-promoting effect of oestriol in a lymphoma lacking estrogen receptors.
In TLC 7, I help you understand the hormone fluctuations of perimenopause, a normal period of change leading up to menopause that usually lasts four to five years, as well as the decline of estrogen during menopause and how this can affect your physical and emotional state.
The decline of estrogen and progesterone, which may happen before the perimenopause, signals the uterus to shed its endometrial lining prematurely.
When estrogen levels begin to drop during perimenopause, testosterone appears to be able to pick up part of the slack.
I watched him walk up the brick walk with his long, relaxed stride, wearing a pale gray sports coat over a black silk T-shirt and black slacks, and my estrogen levels shot up so fast my perimenopause disappeared.
For instance, we know that a low-fat, high-fiber diet reduces blood estrogen levels in women, helping to balance hormones.
Pharmaceutical companies will freeze over before a large, well-controlled, taxpayer-financed PEPI-like trial of unpatentable estriol or triple estrogen ever gets done in the U.
This has to be the conjugated estrogens in his orange juice every morning.
I could separate your estrogens out of a blood sample and synthesize a set of doses to get you back to your pre-Change levels.
This included male and female hormones-testosterone, estrogen, progesterone-which affect fertility, sexual aggressiveness and birth control, and during that period of the fifties when the Pill was just beginning to be used, the subject of steroids commanded wide scientific and commercial interest.
This ties in with their theory that human sexual selection is based on choosing mates whose appearance shows averageness plus symmetry, modified by those features exaggerated by testosterone in men and estrogen in women.
To illustrate: the injection of estrogens will caponize a rooster just as castration (removal of androgens) will.
The conjugated estrogens, the Premarin, the estradiol, the ethinyl estradi-ol, they've all found their way into Seth's diet cola.
Manus cheated on me with Evie, but I still love him so much I'll hide any amount of conjugated estrogen in his food.