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ESTRIOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does estriol mean?
• ESTRIOL (noun)
The noun ESTRIOL has 1 sense:
1. a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency
Familiarity information: ESTRIOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
estriol; oestriol
Hypernyms ("estriol" 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)
Context examples
The determination of the amount of free estriol present in a sample.
(Free Estriol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the free estriol in a biological specimen.
(Free Estriol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Any physiologic process that results in modulated metabolism of estrone, estradiol and estriol in both females and males.
(Estrogen Metabolism Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the estriol hormone in a biological specimen.
(Estriol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Estradiol, the principal intracellular human estrogen, is substantially more active at the cellular level than its metabolites, estrone and estriol.
(Estradiol, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the amount of estriol hormone present in a sample.
(Estriol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also involved in the synthesis of estriol during pregnancy.
(CYP3A7 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
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