estrógeno
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See also: estrogeno
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧tró‧ge‧no
Noun
estrógeno m (plural estrógenos)
- (biochemistry, steroids) estrogen (hormone secreted by the ovaries)
- Synonym: estrogénio
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English estrogen. By surface analysis, estro + -geno.
Pronunciation
Noun
estrógeno m (plural estrógenos)
- (biochemistry, steroids) estrogen (hormone secreted by the ovaries)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Adjective
estrógeno (feminine estrógena, masculine plural estrógenos, feminine plural estrógenas)
- estrogenic
- Synonym: estrogénico
Further reading
- “estrógeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28