progesterone

English

Wikipedia

Noun

progesterone (plural progesterones)

1. (biochemistry, steroids, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
2. (biochemistry, steroids, countable) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products.

Translations

the steroid hormone

Czech: progesteron (cs) m. Italian: progesterone (it) m.

Japanese: プロゲステロン (ja) (purogesuteron) Spanish: progesterona (es) f.

synthetic version of the compound

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Italian

Noun

progesterone m. (plural progesteroni)

1. progesterone

Related terms

• progestina
• progestinico