estrogen

See also: estrogén

English

Alternative forms

• oestrogen (Commonwealth)
• œstrogen (dated)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der.

Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der.

Latin oestrusbor.

English estrus

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English estro-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Hellenic *génos

Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.

French -gènebor.

English -gen

English estrogen

From estro- (estrus) +‎ -gen (“a producer of”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiːstɹəd͡ʒən/

Noun

estrogen (countable and uncountable, plural estrogens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
   • 1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis‎^[1], Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36:

     secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).

   • 2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology‎^[2], page 151:

     It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450_aro), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).

   • 2023 July 21, Amanda Musa, “The FDA approved the US’ first over-the-counter birth control pill. What happens next?”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     Amies Oelschlager said in a statement that oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may cause side effects such as headaches, nausea, and breast tenderness.

Synonyms

• E, estro (slang)

Derived terms

• antiestrogen
• antiestrogenic
• antioestrogen
• archiestrogen
• estrogened
• estrogenemia
• estrogenic
• estrogenism
• estrogenization
• estrogenized
• estrogenlike
• hypoestrogenism
• metalloestrogen
• mycoestrogen
• neuroestrogen
• nonestrogen
• phytoestrogen
• xenoestrogen

Related terms

• estrogenemia
• estrogenic
• estrogenism

Translations

estrogen

• Afrikaans: estrogeen
• Asturian: estróxenu m
• Catalan: estrogen m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雌激素 (zh) (cíjīsù)

• Czech: estrogen (cs) m
• Dutch: oestrogeen (nl) n, estrogeen (nl) n
• Esperanto: oestrogeno
• Finnish: estrogeeni (fi)
• French: œstrogène (fr) m
• Galician: estróxeno m
• German: Östrogen (de) n
• Greek: οιστρογόνο (el) n (oistrogóno)
• Hebrew: אסטרוגן (he) m
• Hindi: स्त्रीमदजन (strīmadjan)
• Hungarian: ösztrogén (hu)
• Icelandic: kvenhormón n, estrógen n, östrógen n, brímahormón n
• Irish: éastraigin f
• Italian: estrogeno (it) m
• Japanese: エストロゲン (ja) (esutorogen)
• Khmer: អេស្ត្រូសែន (ʼeestrousaen)
• Korean: 에스트로겐 (ko) (eseuteurogen)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ostrojen (ku) f

• Māori: taiaki uwha
• Persian: استروژن (esterožen)
• Polish: estrogen (pl) m
• Portuguese: estrogénio (pt) m (Portugal), estrogênio (pt) m (Brazil), estrógeno (pt) m
• Russian: эстроге́н (ru) m (estrogén)
• Spanish: estrógeno (es) m
• Swedish: östrogen (sv) n
• Turkish: östrojen (tr)
• Ukrainian: естроге́н m (estrohén)

Anagrams

• Gerontes

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛstroɡɛn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɛstroɡɛːn]

Noun

estrogen m inan

1. estrogen

Declension

Declension of estrogen (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	estrogen	estrogeny
genitive	estrogenu	estrogenů
dative	estrogenu	estrogenům
accusative	estrogen	estrogeny
vocative	estrogene	estrogeny
locative	estrogenu	estrogenech
instrumental	estrogenem	estrogeny

Further reading

• “estrogen”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English estrogen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈtrɔ.ɡɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn
• Syllabification: es‧tro‧gen

Noun

estrogen m inan

1. estrogen (steroid hormone)

Declension

Declension of estrogen

	singular	plural
nominative	estrogen	estrogeny
genitive	estrogenu	estrogenów
dative	estrogenowi	estrogenom
accusative	estrogen	estrogeny
instrumental	estrogenem	estrogenami
locative	estrogenie	estrogenach
vocative	estrogenie	estrogeny

Derived terms

adjectives

• estrogenny
• estrogenowy

Further reading

• “estrogen”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “estrogen”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French oestrogène.

Noun

estrogen n (plural estrogene)

1. estrogen

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	estrogen	estrogenul	estrogene	estrogenele
genitive-dative	estrogen	estrogenului	estrogene	estrogenelor
vocative	estrogenule		estrogenelor