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Progestogen

//pɹəˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The steroid hormone progesterone.
  2. 2
    any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of a class of synthetic hormones which produce effects similar to progesterone (the only natural progestogen) and have antiestrogenic and antigonadotropic properties.

Etymology

From pro- + Latin gestō (“to bear, to carry”) + -o- + -gen. First attested in 1941.

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