ESTRADIOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does estradiol mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESTRADIOL (noun)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

The cypionate salt form of estradiol, the most potent, naturally produced estrogen.

(Estradiol Cypionate, NCI Thesaurus)

As the primary, most potent estrogen hormone produced by the ovaries, estradiol binds to and activates specific nuclear receptors.

(Estradiol Benzoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Estradiol acetate diffuses through the cell membrane and binds to and subsequently activates the nuclear estrogen receptor found in the reproductive tract, breast, pituitary, hypothalamus, liver, and bone.

(Estradiol Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

The hemihydrate form of estradiol, the most potent, naturally produced estrogen.

(Estradiol Hemihydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyperplasia and dysplasia of the dorsolateral prostate caused by implantation of testosterone and estradiol-17-filled silastic capsules.

(NBL, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Pipendoxifene antagonizes binding of estradiol to estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha), thereby inhibiting ER alpha-mediated gene expression, interfering with estrogen activity and inhibiting estrogen-stimulated growth in estrogen-dependent breast cancer.

(Pipendoxifene, NCI Thesaurus)

A conjugate of two agents, estradiol and an alkylating mustard (usually mechlorethamine or non-nitrogen mustard).

(Estradiol Mustard, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the estradiol in a biological specimen.

(Estradiol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of estradiol present in a sample.

(Estradiol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Estradiol 17-beta-dehydrogenase 1 (328 aa, ~35 kDa) is encoded by the human HSD17B1 gene.

(Estradiol 17-Beta-Dehydrogenase 1, NCI Thesaurus)