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Progestin
see synonyms of progestinNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Progestin
see synonyms of progestin noun
any of various natural or synthetic steroid hormones, as progesterone, that cause progestational activity, used in birth control pills, in hormone therapy, etc.
: often called proˈgestogen (proʊˈdʒɛstədʒən
; prōjesˈtəjən)Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Progestin
see synonyms of progestinn.
Any of several synthetic progestational substances that mimic some or all of the actions of progesterone, used as contraceptives either alone or in combination with estrogen, and with estrogen in hormone replacement therapy.
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