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Progestin Common

Progestin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone

2

A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.

See Also
quingestanol haloprogesterone progestinic medroxyprogesterone ethynerone delmadinone minipill etynodiol
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
steroid hormone
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
progesterone megestrol norethindrone norethynodrel norgestrel medroxyprogesterone
Rhyming Words
tin gtin itin putin matin totin ditin potin nitin titin hatin rutin jatin latin cutin artin tatin eatin datin ettin
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