HEXESTROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hexestrol mean? 

• HEXESTROL (noun)
  The noun HEXESTROL has 1 sense:

1. estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy

  Familiarity information: HEXESTROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEXESTROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hexestrol" 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 

When conjugated with a neoplastic drug, hexestrol may selectively concentrate the cytotoxic agent in estrogen receptor-rich tumors.

(Hexestrol, NCI Thesaurus)

Hexestrol exhibits strong affinity for estrogen receptors that are overexpressed in some types of cancers.

(Hexestrol, NCI Thesaurus)