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estrogen Definition

es·tro·gen (estrə jən, -jen′)

noun

any of several female sex hormones or synthetic compounds that cause estrus

Etymology: < estrus + -gen

estrogen Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • produce: This is because the body stops producing estrogen after the menopause.
  • take: His doctors remain amazed at the glacial pace of his losses. Think taking estrogen will save your memory?
  • use: Mortality decreased with increasing duration of use and was lower among current users than among women who used estrogens only in the distant past.
  • contain: Birth control pills that contain estrogen may not be as effective while you are taking tetracycline drugs.
  • give: For lack of estrogen, we'll give estrogen.

Preposition: in

  • body: Steroid users take Nolvadex to prevent the effects of estrogen in the body.

Adjective modifier

  • conjugated: There was no bleeding or spotting in 75.5 % of the cycles for patients who took conjugated estrogens alone.
  • equine: Long term use of equine estrogens probably also increases the risk of breast cancer.
  • synthetic: The partitioning of natural and synthetic estrogens between aqueous and solid phases in river systems.
  • human: Phytoestrogens are natural plant compounds which have a similarity to human estrogens.
  • female: They do know that after women go through menopause, levels of the female hormone estrogen are much lower.
  • natural: Once docked on the sites they exert estrogen-like activity and can therefore initiate the required effect just as natural estrogen would have done.

Modifies a noun

  • modulator: Novel SERMs ( selective estrogen receptor modulators ) are taking a different tack in the R&D stakes.
  • receptor: Engineering of a mouse for the in vivo profiling of estrogen receptor activity.
  • replacement: Young women who must undergo a BSO usually do need to consider appropriate estrogen replacement for numerous health benefits.
  • therapy: The effect of postmenopausal estrogen therapy on the risk of cardiovascular disease remains controversial.
  • level: Beside which Alcohol can cause estrogen levels to rocket.
  • production: People with insulin resistance actually produce more circulating insulin to counteract the problem; insulin stimulates estrogen production.

Noun used with modifier

  • hormone: Yet another new study has found that the hormone estrogen has a positive influence on language skills.
  • plant: This on the evidence that the application of glyphosate herbicide can increase the level of plant estrogens.

Browse dictionary entries near estrogen

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