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OESTRADIOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oestradiol mean?
• OESTRADIOL (noun)
The noun OESTRADIOL has 1 sense:
1. the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer
Familiarity information: OESTRADIOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("oestradiol" 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 ("oestradiol" 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)
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