PROGESTOGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does progestogen mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGESTOGEN (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 ("progestogen" 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 "progestogen"):

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 

A synthetic progestogen structurally related to levonorgestrel, with progesterone hormone receptor agonistic activity, used as a contraceptive and hormone replacement agent.

(Desogestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally-active, semisynthetic, fourth generation, nonethinylated progestogen with antiproliferative, antiandrogenic, anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic activities that is used in hormone therapy and as a female contraceptive.

(Dienogest, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Levonorgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

Levonorgestrel is a synthetic progestogen.

(Ethinyl Estradiol/Levonorgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

Norethindrone is a synthetic progestogen.

(Ethinyl Estradiol/Norethindrone, NCI Thesaurus)