medroxyprogesterone

[mi-drok-see-proh-jes-tuh-rohn]

noun Pharmacology.

a progesterone derivative, C24H34O4, used in the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding and secondary amenorrhea, as a contraceptive of long duration, and in the treatment of certain cancers.

Origin of medroxyprogesterone

me(thyl) + (hy)droxy- + progesterone

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