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estrogen has definitions from the fields of biology,anatomy,medicine,biochemistry
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[ noun ] (biology,anatomy,medicine,biochemistry) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

Synonyms

oestrogen

Related terms

steroid_hormone diethylstilbestrol mestranol estradiol estriol hexestrol estrone

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Rhymes with

nitrogen hydrogen origin antigen pathogen trajan trojan carcinogen oxygen dudgeon sturgeon region halogen gudgeon bludgeon collegian smidgen georgian cajun pigeon burgeon surgeon contagion norwegian oxygen dungeon engine imagine margin engine belgian allergen religion neurosurgeon legion

Phonetic and Homophones

EH1 S T R AH0 JH AH0 N

Similar Spelling

estrogenic estrone estronol Estridge estrange estragon estranged estrous estriol esoteric

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