"estrogen" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/ [General-American], /ˈiːstɹəd͡ʒən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-US-estrogen.wav [US] Forms: estrogens [plural]
Etymology: From estrus + -gen (“a producer of”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|estrus|gen|t2=a producer of}} estrus + -gen (“a producer of”) Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: estrogen Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones, Steroids Synonyms: E, estro [slang], oestrogen [UK], œstrogen [UK] Related terms: estrogenemia, estrogenic, estrogenism Translations (estrogen): estrogeen (Afrikaans), estróxenu [masculine] (Asturian), estrogen [masculine] (Catalan), 雌激素 (cíjīsù) (Chinese Mandarin), estrogen [masculine] (Czech), oestrogeen [neuter] (Dutch), estrogeen [neuter] (Dutch), oestrogeno (Esperanto), estrogeeni (Finnish), œstrogène [masculine] (French), estróxeno [masculine] (Galician), Östrogen [neuter] (German), οιστρογόνο (oistrogóno) [neuter] (Greek), स्त्रीमदजन (strīmadjan) (Hindi), ösztrogén (Hungarian), kvenhormón [neuter] (Icelandic), éastraigin [feminine] (Irish), estrogeno [masculine] (Italian), エストロゲン (esutorogen) (Japanese), អេស្ត្រូសែន (ʼeestrousaen) (Khmer), taiaki uwha (Maori), ostrojen [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), استروژن (esterožen) (Persian), estrogen [masculine] (Polish), estrogénio [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), estrogênio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), estrógeno [masculine] (Portuguese), эстроге́н (estrogén) [masculine] (Russian), estrógeno [masculine] (Spanish), östrogen [neuter] (Swedish), östrojen (Turkish), естроге́н (estrohén) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "estrogen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estrógeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "estrogén",
      "sense": "estrogen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эстроге́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "estrogen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estrógeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "estrogen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "östrogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "estrogen",
      "word": "östrojen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "estrohén",
      "sense": "estrogen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "естроге́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "estrogen"
}

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