progesterone

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Noun

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pro=ges=ter=one

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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

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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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