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Definition: Progesterone |
ProgesteroneNoun1. A steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione. The principal progestational hormone of the body, secreted by the corpus luteum, adrenal cortex, and placenta. Its chief function is to prepare the uterus for the reception and development of the fertilized ovum. It acts as an antiovulatory agent when administered on days 5-25 of the menstrual cycle. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Note that progesterone is a steroid hormone, and consists of four interconnected cyclic hydrocarbons. It is a hormone involved in the pregnancy and embryo development of humans. The chemical itself contains the ketone and aldehyde functional groups, as well as two methyl branches. Like all steroid hormones, it is hydrophobic. This is mostly due to its lack of very polar functional groups.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Progesterone."
Synonym: ProgesteroneSynonym: Lipo-Lutin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Progesterone |
| English words defined with "progesterone": abortion pill ♦ luteal phase ♦ Mifepristone ♦ norethynodrel ♦ ovary ♦ progestational, progestin, progestogen ♦ RU 486 ♦ secretory phase ♦ test, trial, trial run, tryout. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "progesterone": 17-Hydroxyprogesterone ♦ Algestone, Algestone Acetophenide ♦ Contraceptives, Oral ♦ Dihydroprogesterone, Diosgenin ♦ Levonorgestrel ♦ Medrogestone, Megestrol ♦ progesterone receptor negative, progesterone receptor positive, Progesterone Reductase, Progesterone-Binding Globulin, Promegestone ♦ Receptors, Progesterone ♦ Steroid 17 alpha-Monooxygenase ♦ Testolactone ♦ Uteroglobin. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The progesterone protects against this form of cancer. (references) | |
Progestin, a synthetic progesterone, is usually prescribed. (references) | ||
Progesterone is another sex hormone also produced by your ovaries. (references) | ||
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| "Progesterone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "Progesterone" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.86% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "progesterone": progesterone receptor negative ♦ progesterone receptor positive ♦ Progesterone Reductase. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "progesterone": Progesterone-Binding, Progesterone-Binding Globulin, progesterone-only. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "progesterone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | progesteron, gestagen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | progesteron. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | progesteroni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | progestérone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | progesteron (progestogen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | progeszteron. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | progesterone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 黄"ホルモン , プログラ 誘導 (pro shop, procedure, procedure call, proceeding, proceeds, process, process cheese, process control, processing, professional sports, program guidance, progress, progressive, progressive rock, project, project method, project team, projector, prospect, prospective, prostaglandin, prostitute, speciality shop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おうたいホルモン, プロジェステロン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogesteronepray progesterona. (various references) bioch. прогестерон. (various references) progesterona. (various references) progesteron. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "progesterone": progesterones. (additional references) | |
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"Progesterone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: progestarone, progesteron, progesterons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "progesterone" (pronounced prōje"sterō'n) |
| 5 | -s t er ō' n | testosterone. |
| 3 | -er ō' n | chaperone, Cicerone. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: presenter, protegees, repenters, represent. | |
-4 letters: enterers, epergnes, estrogen, greenest, greeters, oestrone, pesterer, preeners, preteens, pretense, prognose, protegee, proteges, proteose, reenters, regreens, regreets, renegers, repenter, stronger, terpenes, terreens, terrenes, troopers. | |
-5 letters: enroots, enterer, entrees, epergne, estrone, gentoos, gerents, gosport, greener, greeter, gropers, openers, openest, operons, operose, orgones, penster, pentose, perrons, pongees, poorest, porters, posteen. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-g-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: progesterones. | |
+4 letters: electrophoresing. | |
+5 letters: roentgenographies, superconglomerate. | |
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