oestrogen
US estrogen
- any of several steroid hormones, that are secreted chiefly by the ovaries and placenta, that induce oestrus, stimulate changes in the female reproductive organs during the oestrous cycle, and promote development of female secondary sexual characteristics
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Word Origin
C20: from oestrus + -gen
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Turing was offered the option of two years in prison or oestrogen injections—tantamount to chemical castration.
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He was given the choice of two years in prison or oestrogen injections, tantamount to chemical castration.
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Word Origin and History for oestrogen
n.
see estrogen.
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oestrogen
(ĕs′trə-jən)- Variant ofestrogen
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