estrogen

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See also: estrogén

English

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Etymology

From estro- (estrus) +‎ -gen (“a producer of”).

Pronunciation

Noun

estrogen (countable and uncountable, plural estrogens)

  1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
    • 1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis‎, Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36:
      secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).
    • 2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology‎, page 151:
      It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450aro), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

estrogen m inan

  1. estrogen

Declension

Declension of estrogen (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative estrogen estrogeny
genitive estrogenu estrogenů
dative estrogenu estrogenům
accusative estrogen estrogeny
vocative estrogene estrogeny
locative estrogenu estrogenech
instrumental estrogenem estrogeny

Further reading

  • “estrogen”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English estrogen.

Pronunciation

Noun

estrogen m inan

  1. estrogen (steroid hormone)

Declension

Declension of estrogen
singular plural
nominative estrogen estrogeny
genitive estrogenu estrogenów
dative estrogenowi estrogenom
accusative estrogen estrogeny
instrumental estrogenem estrogenami
locative estrogenie estrogenach
vocative estrogenie estrogeny

Derived terms

(adjectives):

Further reading

  • estrogen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • estrogen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French oestrogène.

Noun

estrogen n (plural estrogene)

  1. estrogen

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative estrogen estrogenul estrogene estrogenele
genitive-dative estrogen estrogenului estrogene estrogenelor
vocative estrogenule estrogenelor
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