"progestin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: progestins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} progestin (countable and uncountable, plural progestins)
  1. (chemistry) A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes. Wikipedia link: progestin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Birth control, Chemistry Derived forms: antiprogestin, mesoprogestin, phytoprogestin Translations (synthetic progestagen): progestiini (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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