estrogen

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noun

a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
• Syn:
oestrogen
• Derivationally related forms:
estrogenic
• Hypernyms:
steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone
• Hyponyms:
diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES,
estradiol, oestradiol, estriol, oestriol, estrone, oestrone,
theelin, Estronol, hexestrol, mestranol