Crossword clues for oestrogen
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
oestrogen
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After this time, they too are prone to heart attacks because they no longer have the protection of oestrogen in their bodies.
▪ Cellulite is a peculiarly female problem in which the hormone oestrogen plays a part.
▪ Environmental chemicals targeting oestrogen receptors, perhaps?
▪ It appears likely that a fairly complicated interaction between oestrogen, progesterone and a pituitary hormone known as oxytocin is involved.
▪ Oestrogen: how it can change your life that: Women who take oestrogen definitely tend to look younger than their years.
▪ Progestogen is now available in a combined progestogen and oestrogen patch.
▪ The loss of oestrogen at the onset of menopause may also be greater in smokers than nonsmokers.
▪ The ovaries carry on producing oestrogen long after ovulation has ceased, more than twelve years in fact.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
oestrogen
see estrogen.
Wiktionary
oestrogen
n. (context British spelling English) (alternative spelling of estrogen English)
WordNet
oestrogen
n. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics [syn: estrogen]
Usage examples of "oestrogen".
If during its development a young animal is deprived of key hormones - thyroid hormone, or oestrogen or testosterone - the nervous connections in parts of its brain grow characteristically askew.