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PROGESTERONE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does progesterone mean?

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

1. a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

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

Dictionary entry details

• PROGESTERONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Lipo-Lutin; progesterone

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

progestin; progestogen (any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone)

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

anovulant; anovulatory drug; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; oral contraceptive pill; pill (a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception)

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