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Oestrogen

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Noun

1. estrogen, oestrogen

a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Oestrogen

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noun
any of several steroid hormones, that are secreted chiefly by the ovaries and placenta, that induce oestrus, stimulate changes in the female reproductive organs during the oestrous cycle, and promote development of female secondary sexual characteristics

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Oestrogen

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noun
Brit. var. of
estrogen

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Oestrogen

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n.
Variant of estrogen.

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