estrogen

English

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Alternative forms

• oestrogen (UK)
• œstrogen (UK)

Etymology

From estrus +‎ -gen (“a producer of”)

Noun

estrogen (plural estrogens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

Translations

estrogen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雌激素 (cíjīsù)

• Dutch: oestrogeen (nl) n, estrogeen (nl) n
• Esperanto: oestrogeno (eo)
• Finnish: estrogeeni (fi)
• French: œstrogène (fr) m
• German: Östrogen (de) n

• Hungarian: ösztrogén (hu)
• Irish: éastraigin (ga) f
• Italian: estrogeno (it) m
• Russian: эстроген (ru) (estrogen) m
• Spanish: estrógeno (es) m
• Swedish: östrogen (sv) n