"progesterone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛstəɹəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛstəˌɹoʊn/ [General-American] Forms: progesterones [plural]
Etymology: From pro- (“supporting”) + Latin gestāre (“to bear, to carry”) + -one (“a ketone”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|gestāre}} Latin gestāre, {{af|en|pro-|Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">gestāre</i>|-one|t1=supporting|t2=to bear, to carry|t3=a ketone}} pro- (“supporting”) + Latin gestāre (“to bear, to carry”) + -one (“a ketone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} progesterone (plural progesterones)
  1. (biochemistry, steroids, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones, Steroids Translations (the steroid hormone): 黃體酮 (Chinese Cantonese), 黄体酮 (wong⁴ tai² tung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), progesteron [masculine] (Czech), progesteroni (Finnish), keltarauhashormoni (Finnish), progestérone [masculine] (French), Progesteron [neuter] (German), progesterone [masculine] (Italian), プロゲステロン (purogesuteron) (Japanese), прогестерон (progesteron) (Kazakh), taiaki tūmua (Maori), پروژسترون (perožesteron) (Persian), progesterona (Portuguese), progesterona [feminine] (Spanish), progesteron [neuter] (Swedish), progesteron (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-progesterone-en-noun-TNkrmTru Disambiguation of Steroids: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pro-, English terms suffixed with -one Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -one: 53 47 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'the steroid hormone': 88 12
  2. (biochemistry, steroids, countable) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Hormones
    Sense id: en-progesterone-en-noun-NYlbL0lH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pro-, English terms suffixed with -one Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -one: 53 47 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dihydroprogesterone, tetrahydroprogesterone, progestational, progesteronic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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