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Estrogen

//ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones. countable, uncountable

    "secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968)."

  2. 2
    a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics wordnet

Etymology

From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).

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