Estrogenesis
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Production of estrogen. uncountable
"Dr. PINCUS : […] I wish I could give you some information about estrogens, but as Dr. Dorfman will testify our attempts thus far have not led to the finding of much estrogen in adrenal perfusates. We cannot therefore tell you really about any influences on estrogenesis except that occasionally you get estrogen produced by the ..."
Example
More examples"Dr. PINCUS : […] I wish I could give you some information about estrogens, but as Dr. Dorfman will testify our attempts thus far have not led to the finding of much estrogen in adrenal perfusates. We cannot therefore tell you really about any influences on estrogenesis except that occasionally you get estrogen produced by the ..."
Etymology
From estro- + genesis.
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