Word Study
progesterone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun progesterone has 1 sense
- progesterone(n = noun.substance) lipo-lutin - a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy; Array is a kind of progestin, progestogen
OXFORD DICTIONARY
progesterone, n. a steroid hormone released by the corpus luteum which stimulates the preparation of the uterus for pregnancy (see also PROGESTOGEN).
Etymology
progestin (as PRO-(2), GESTATION) + luteost erone f. CORPUS LUTEUM + STEROL
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