Estrogen

Definition: Estrogen

Estrogen

Noun

1. A general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics.

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Medicine

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Synonym: Estrogen

Woman

Estrogen, oestrogen.

Crosswords: Estrogen

There's way too much estrogen on television these days. (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa)

You're afraid I'm too primitive to be on the stage with your little estrogen rockettes, right? (The Birdcage; writing credit: Jean Poiret; Francis Veber)

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Books

• Estrogen, Memory and Menopause : 136 Questions and Answers on the Symptoms and Treatment of Hormone Related Memory and Mood Disorders (reference)

• Living Somewhere Between Estrogen And Death (reference)

• Making the Estrogen Decision (reference)

• Natural Alternatives to HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) Cookbook : Understanding Estrogen and Food that Benefits Your Health (reference)

• Soy Smart Health: Discover the 'Super Food' That Fights Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, Osteoporosis, Menopausal Discomforts, and Estrogen Dominance (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Shown is a culture dish containing frozen breast tissue. A technician's hands and test instruments are visible as well. This is used for analysis in estrogen receptor assay test. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Seen are a technician's hands performing a lab test. The test tube with some frozen breast tissue and some liquid are visible, as well as the techician in some slides. This is the estrogen receptor assay being performed at the time of mastectomy. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective therapy.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown is a oriental technician performing a breast pathology test on some frozen breast tissue. She is standing and wearing a white lab coat. She appears to be compressing breast tissue in a small lab dish and inspecting it. This is one of the steps in an estrogen receptor assay. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown is a lab technician performing a step in the estrogen receptor assay test. She is seen with a test tube containing some frozen breast tissue, inserted in a beaker of ice water. She is readying the tube for mixing. The tube is being attached to the appropriate machinery. The technician, wearing rubber gloves and a white lab coat is not visible in all slides. This test determines whether antiestrogen drugs or removal of ovaries is likely to be the effective therapy.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown is a technician in a white lab coat reading a printout from a computer. The new technology today helps physicians in their research attempts to store and retrieve the vast amounts of data needed to solve the mystery of cancer. In this case the technician is performing a step in the analysis of an estrogen receptor assay. Results will tell whether removal of ovaries will be necessary.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

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Health

Estrogen alone comes in many forms. (references)

Estrogen helps to keep bones healthy. (references)

Originally, doctors only prescribed estrogen alone. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "estrogen": estrogen antagonist ♦ Estrogen Antagonists ♦ estrogen receptor ♦ Estrogen Receptor Modulators ♦ estrogen receptor negative ♦ estrogen receptor positive ♦ estrogen replacement therapy ♦ selective estrogen receptor modulator ♦ Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators ♦ total estrogen blockade. Additional references.

Chinese 

女性荷�"�'�. (various references)

Danish

østrogen (oestrogen, oestrogenic, oestrogenous). (various references)

Dutch

estrogeen (oestrogen), oestrogeen (estrogenic hormone, oestrogen, oestrogenic, oestrogenous, ovarian hormones). (various references)

Finnish

estrogeeni (oestrogen), naishormoni (oestrogen). (various references)

French

oestrogène. (various references)

German

Follikelhormon (oestrogen), Östrogen (oestrogen), östrogenes Hormon (oestrogen), östrogen (oestrogenic, oestrogenous). (various references)

Greek 

οιστρογόνο (oestrogen, oestrogenic, oestrogenous). (various references)

Italian

estrogeno (oestrogen, oestrogenic, oestrogenous). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

エスキモー犬 (aesthetic, escape, escort, escort girl, Eskimo dog, ESPer, Esperanto, esprit, esprit nouveau, esquire, establishment, estate, ester, esterase, esthetic, esthetic salon, estheticien, Estonia, estrone, es-zet, eternal, eternity, ethnic, ethnic fashion, ethnic food, ethnic group, ethnic look, ethnicism, ethnicity, ethno, ethnology, ethology, expresso, hope, one who has ESP, S size, sauce Espagnole, science of animal behaviour, Short Take-Off and Landing, small size, STOL). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

エストロゲン . (various references)

Korean 

에스트로겐. (various references)

Pig Latin

estrogenay

Spanish

estrógeno (oestrogen, oestrogenic, oestrogenous). (various references)

Swedish

östrogen (oestrogen). (various references)

Turkish

estrojen, östrojen. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "estrogen": estrogenic, estrogenically, estrogens. (additional references)

Words ending with "estrogen": antiestrogen. (additional references)

Words containing "estrogen": antiestrogens. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Estrogen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: astogeny, eostrogen, estrigen, estrogene, estrogin, estrogn, estrogon, Oestringen, oestrogen, stogen, strogen. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: estrone, gerents, regents, tongers.

-2 letters: egrets, enters, ergots, genets, genres, genros, gentes, gerent, goners, greens, greets, nester, nestor, noters, regent, renest, rentes, resent, stereo, stoner, strong, tenors, tenser, tensor, ternes, toners, tonger, treens, trones.

-3 letters: egers, egest, egret, enter, ergot, ernes, erose, ester, geest, genes, genet, genre, genro, gents, geste, goers, goner, gores.

+1 letter: estrogens, roentgens, stereoing.

+2 letters: entourages, estrogenic, generators, generosity, gravestone, greenstone, lorgnettes, redingotes, teratogens.

+3 letters: baronetages, congregates, deforesting, dermatogens, egocentrics, egocentrism, engrossment, ergotamines, generations, goaltenders, goniometers, governments, gravestones, greenstones, groundsheet, hatemongers, interrogees, nitrogenase, outgenerals, outsteering, oversetting, progestogen, redigestion, reforesting, relegations, segregation, somerseting, sovereignty, stevedoring, terrigenous.

+4 letters: antiestrogen, beardtongues, cogenerators, concertgoers, copresenting, costermonger, egocentrisms, eigenvectors, engorgements, engrossments, ferromagnets, generosities, gentleperson, geometrising, goniometries, governorates, greenockites, groundsheets, heterogenies, heterogenous, heterogonies, hydrogenates, interrogates, nitrogenases, orthogeneses, orthogenesis, outbreedings, overgarments, overnighters, overstepping, overstrewing, overtightens, petrogeneses, petrogenesis, pomegranates, predigestion, progesterone, progestogens, redepositing, redigestions, regenerators, remoistening, renegotiates, segregations, seronegative, serotonergic, somersetting, songstresses, sonneteering, stenographer, stereotyping, togetherness, ungenerosity.

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