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oestrogen Definition


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oestrogen
estrogen
noun
    1. Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced mainly by the ovaries, that control the growth and functioning of the female sex organs and the appearance of female secondary sexual characteristics, eg breast development, and that regulate the menstrual cycle.
    2. medicine.
      Any such compound produced synthetically.
Derivative: oestrogenic
adj
    Etymology: 1920s: from oestrus.



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