1) Des 2) Diethylstilbestrol 3) Diethylstilboestrol 4) Estradiol 5) Estriol 6) Estrogen 7) Estrone 8) Estronol 9) Hexestrol 10) Mestranol 11) Oestradiol 12) Oestriol 13) Oestrone 14) Stilbestrol 15) Stilboestrol 16) Theelin
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1) Estrogen 2) Sex hormone 3) Steroid 4) Steroid hormone
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a generic term for oestrus-producing steroid compounds; the female sex hormones. In humans, oestrogen is formed in the ovary, possibly the adrenal cortex, the testis, and the foetoplacental unit; it has various functions in both sexes. It is responsible for the development of the female secondary sex characteristics, and during the menstrual cycl.....
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A steroid hormone responsible for the development of female characteristics in mammals. The proper name for it is 'estradiol'.
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A hormone produced by the ovaries which plays many roles throughout the body, but is particularly influential, along with the hormone progesterone, in regulating the reproductive cycle.
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Hormone that controls female sexual development.
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Hormones are substances secreted directly into the bloodstream and are produced by several glands and organs in the body such as the ovaries, thyroid, pancreas, pituitary, liver and others. Hormones travel through the bloodstream from where they are produced to where they interact with receptors to do the work for which they were intended. Hormones...
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<endocrinology, hormone> A generic term for oestrus producing steroid compounds, the female sex hormones. ... In humans, oestrogen is formed in the ovary, possibly the adrenal cortex, the testis and the foetoplacental unit, it has various functions in both sexes. It is responsible for the development of the female secondary sex characteristic...
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(= estrogen (USA)) A type of hormone that induces oestrus (‘heat`) in female animals. It controls changes in the uterus that precede ovulation, and is responsible for development of secondary sexual characteristics in pubescent girls. Some tumours are sensitive to oestrogens. See oestradiol.
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(Humans as organisms) female hormone secreted by the ovaries
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Type: Term Pronunciation: es′trō-jen Synonyms: estrogen
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Female sex hormone.
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Hormone, produced mainly by the ovaries, responsible for female sexual development and female secondary sex characteristics
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One of the two female sex hormones.
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a group of hormones (produced mainly in the ovaries) that are necessary for female sexual development and reproductive functioning
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Female sex hormone.
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Any of a group of hormones produced by the ovaries of vertebrates; the term is also used for various synthetic hormones that mimic their effects. The principal oestrogen in mammals is oestradiol. Oestrogens control female sexual development, promote the growth of female secondary sexual characteristics at puberty, stimulate egg (ovum) productio...
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