
Xenoestrogens are a type of xenohormone that imitates estrogen. They can be either synthetic or natural chemical compounds. Synthetic xenoestrogens are widely used industrial compounds, such as PCBs, BPA and phthalates, which have estrogenic effects on a living organism even though they differ chemically from the estrogenic substances produced int...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: zē-nō-ĕs-trō′jin Definitions: 1. Any of the by-products of industrial or chemical processing that have estrogenlike effects.
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