PROGESTATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does progestational mean? 

• PROGESTATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective PROGESTATIONAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)

2. preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum

  Familiarity information: PROGESTATIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGESTATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

progesterone (a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

gestation (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

 Context examples 

The diacetate salt form of ethynodiol, a semi-synthetic progestational hormone agonist.

(Ethynodiol Diacetate, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic progestational substance with some anabolic, estrogenic, and androgenic properties.

(Norethindrone, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic progestational hormone with actions similar to those of PROGESTERONE but functioning as a more potent inhibitor of ovulation.

(Norethindrone Acetate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The acetate salt of a synthetic steroidal antiandrogen with weak progestational and antineoplastic activities.

(Cyproterone acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic progestational agent similar to the endogenous progesterone used in hormone therapy or as a female contraceptive.

(Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally active synthetic progestational hormone used often in combinations as an oral contraceptive.

(Chlormadinone Acetate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A synthetic spironolactone analogue and progestin with progestational and anti-mineralocorticoid activity.

(Drospirenone, NCI Thesaurus)

A long-acting, hormone-releasing, intrauterine device consisting of a small, T-shaped, polyethylene frame and a reservoired synthetic progesterone with progestational and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System, NCI Thesaurus)

The levorotatory form of norgestrel and synthetic progestogen with progestational and androgenic activity.

(Levonorgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also exerts progestational agonist properties at the level of the pituitary that reduce luteinizing hormone (LH), resulting in reductions in testicular androgen secretion and serum testosterone levels.

(Cyproterone acetate, NCI Thesaurus)