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English
Etymology
From me(thyl) + + gest- (“steroid, progestogen”) + -one.
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Noun
medrogestone (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A progestin.
References
- The use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2018