Estrogen

/ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/

Synonyms for "estrogen" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
estradiolestrogen drug

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
estrogenic compoundfemale sex hormone

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
oestrogenovarian hormonesteroid hormone

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
chemical compoundendocrine substancehormonesex hormonesteroidsteroid hormonetherapeutic agent

More specific

7 entries
conjugated estrogensdiethylstilbestrolestradiolestriolestroneethinyl estradiolmestranol

Collocations

6 entries
estrogen deficiencyestrogen levelsestrogen productionestrogen receptorestrogen replacement therapyestrogen therapy

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Estrogen is a hormone.

Source: tatoeba (2937602)

Declining estrogen levels can lead to thinning of the vaginal walls.

Source: tatoeba (3898964)

I always confuse estrogen with progesterone.

Source: tatoeba (10978511)

Researchers noted aspirin reduces inflammation, which plays a role in the initiation of disease. They also said the painkiller is a mild aromatase inhibitor. Aromatase inhibitors reduce the amount of the female hormone estrogen circulating in the bloodstream, which fuels breast tumors, so they are used to treat some forms of breast cancer in post-menopausal women.

Source: tatoeba (11220199)

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