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ESTRADIOL

• ESTRADIOL (noun)
The noun ESTRADIOL has 1 sense:

1. the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer

Familiarity information: ESTRADIOL used as a noun is very rare.

• ESTRADIOL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

estradiol; oestradiol

Hypernyms ("estradiol" is a kind of...):

estrogen; oestrogen (a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics)

Holonyms ("estradiol" is a substance of...):

Loestrin (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Lo/Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)

Modicon; Norlestrin; Ovocon (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)

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(Arabic proverb)
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(Dutch proverb)

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