Other Word Forms
- antiestrogenic adjective
- estrogenically adverb
Etymology
Origin of estrogenic
First recorded in 1925–30; estr(us) + -o- + -genic estrogenic for def. 1; estrogen + -ic estrogenic for def. 2
Example Sentences
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But doubts about the safety of parabens were raised in the late 1990s, when research led by British molecular endocrinologist Edwin Routledge indicated they could have an estrogenic effect.
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2022
Estrogen, too, can potentially produce anti-dissociative effects by acting at glutamate receptors—both estrogen and other estrogenic compounds have been found to treat negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia, one of which is depersonalization.
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2018
And every day, synthetic and natural hormones and estrogenic chemicals are flushed down toilets, thrown out with personal care products, run off from confined feed lot operations and from farmland laced with herbicides.
From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2016
An estrogenic chemical can induce cell growth at low levels but inhibit it at high concentrations, for example.
From Newsweek • Mar. 4, 2015
Daughters and granddaughters of the pregnant women who took the potent estrogenic drug had an increased risk of endometriosis, uterine fibroids and rare reproductive cancers.
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2012
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