Oestrin

//ˈiːstɹɪn// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An oestrogen, specifically oestrone. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Encouraged by his friends Solly Zuckerman and J. B. S. Haldane, Bernal had obtained crystals of calciferol and the female sex hormone oestrin."

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"Encouraged by his friends Solly Zuckerman and J. B. S. Haldane, Bernal had obtained crystals of calciferol and the female sex hormone oestrin."

Etymology

From oestr(us) + -in.

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