Noun: estrogen
| Singular | estrogen |
| Plural | estrogens |
Sample Sentences
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secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968). [1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis, Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36:]
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It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450ₐᵣₒ), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3). [2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology, page 151:]
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Amies Oelschlager said in a statement that oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may cause side effects such as headaches, nausea, and breast tenderness. [2023 July 21, Amanda Musa, “The FDA approved the US’ first over-the-counter birth control pill. What happens next?”, in CNN:]
Nouns inflected like estrogen
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der.
3. Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der.
4. Latin oestrusbor.
5. English estrus
6. Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
7. Latin -o-bor.
8. English -o-
9. English estro-
10. Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-os
12. Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
13. Proto-Hellenic *génos
14. Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
15. Proto-Indo-European *-os
16. Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
17. Proto-Hellenic *-ēs
18. Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
19. Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.
20. French -gènebor.
21. English -gen
22. English estrogen
23. From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).
Verbs referencing "estrogen"
Spanish Nouns
estrógeno, Finnish Nouns
estrogeeni, Dutch Nouns
oestrogeen.