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📚 noun • entry_id 31350

progesterone

/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛstəɹəʊn/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
progesterona
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.
Phrases
Progesterexanhydrohydroxyprogesteroneantiprogesteronecyproteronedehydroprogesteronedihydroprogesteronehaloprogesteronehydroxyprogesteronehyperprogesteronemiamethylprogesteronenorprogesteroneprogestationalprogesteronictetrahydroprogesterone
Word forms
progesterones