gestagenn.
/ˈdʒɛstədʒən/ Any substance, such as the sex hormone progesterone, having progestational effects.
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epinephrine1899
pituitrin1909
oxytocin1927
Pitocin1929
Pitressin1929
progestin1930
progesterone1935
methyltestosterone1936
pregnenolone1936
hexœstrol1939
stilboestrol1939
hydroxyprogesterone1941
progestogen1941
Premarin1942
hydroxycorticosterone1943
gestagen1948
hydrocortisone1951
cortisol1953
fluorohydrocortisone1954
isophane1954
prednisolone1955
prednisone1955
norethisterone1956
norethynodrel1957
dexamethasone1958
fludrocortisone1958
norethindrone1960
antidiuretic hormone1961
medroxyprogesterone1962
Pergonal1963
mesterolone1965
norgestrel1966
quinestrol1966
pancuronium1967
pentagastrin1967
levonorgestrel1977
1948 K. Miescher in Rec. Progr. Hormone Res. III. 47 The class of sexogens comprises the estrogens, the androgens, and the gestagens, as we propose to call the compounds with progestational action.
1949 L. F. Fieser & M. Fieser Nat. Products related to Phenanthrene (ed. 3) iv. 300 There are two types of female sex hormones, exemplified by the estrogens: estradiol, estrone, and estriol; and by progesterone, the sole natural progestational hormone or gestogen.
1962 Lancet 2 June 1176/1 The addition of œstrogens to the commercial preparations of orally active gestagens has enhanced their efficacy in contraception.
Derivatives
gestaˈgenic adj.
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1958 Jrnl. Clin. Endocrinol. & Metabolism 18 338 It has been generally supposed that progesterone is the only naturally occurring substance with a primarily gestagenic effect.
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