ESTROGEN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
   Synonym(s)
   • oestrogen (what does oestrogen mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) estrogen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • steroid hormone (what does steroid hormone mean?)
   • steroid (what does steroid mean?)
   • sex hormone (what does sex hormone mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • diethylstilbestrol (what does diethylstilbestrol mean?)
   • diethylstilboestrol (what does diethylstilboestrol mean?)
   • stilbestrol (what does stilbestrol mean?)
   • stilboestrol (what does stilboestrol mean?)
   • DES (what does DES mean?)
   • estradiol (what does estradiol mean?)
   • oestradiol (what does oestradiol mean?)
   • estriol (what does estriol mean?)
   • oestriol (what does oestriol mean?)
   • estrone (what does estrone mean?)
   • oestrone (what does oestrone mean?)
   • theelin (what does theelin mean?)
   • Estronol (what does Estronol mean?)
   • hexestrol (what does hexestrol mean?)
   • mestranol (what does mestranol mean?)