PROGESTIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does progestin mean? 

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

1. any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGESTIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

progestin; progestogen

Hypernyms ("progestin" is a kind of...):

sex hormone; steroid; steroid hormone (any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progestin"):

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

megestrol; megestrol acetate (a synthetic progestational compound used to treat endometrial carcinoma)

norethandrolone; norethindrone; norethindrone acetate; Norlutin (a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis)

norethynodrel (a progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding)

norgestrel (synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives)

medroxyprogesterone; Provera (a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders)

 Context examples 

It belongs to the family of drugs called progestins.

(Medroxyprogesterone, NCI Dictionary)

Megace is a type of progestin.

(Megace, NCI Dictionary)

A physiological progestin that is produced during glucocorticoid and steroid hormone synthesis and is increased during the third trimester of pregnancy.

(Hydroxyprogesterone, NCI Thesaurus)

Most birth control pills include estrogen and progestin.

(Birth control pill, NCI Dictionary)

Megestrol belongs to the group of hormones called progestins.

(Megestrol, NCI Dictionary)

Megace belongs to the group of hormones called progestins.

(Megestrol acetate, NCI Dictionary)

The receptors for estrogen (ER), progestin (PR), androgen (AR) and others are steroid hormone receptors, which are part of a large family of ligand-inducible transcription factors.

(Pelp1 Estrogen Receptor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A synthetic progestin commonly used alone or in combination with an estrogen for contraception.

(Norgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

A derivative of the synthetic progestin norethindrone with antiprogesterone activity.

(Mifepristone, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a form of the female hormone progesterone and belongs to the family of drugs called progestins.

(Medroxyprogesterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)