Link Centre Dictionary

progestogen

pro·ges·to·gen

UK/pɹəˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/ US/pɹoʊˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone

Synonyms

Origin

From pro- + Latin gestō (“to bear, to carry”) + English -o- + -gen.

Phrases

  • in .
  • launched 2000
  • Mass.: Merriam-Webster
  • Oxford: Oxford University Press

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.