any of a group of steroid hormones that have progesterone-like activity, used in oral contraceptives and in treating gynaecological disorders
Word origin
C20: from progest(erone) + -o- + -gen
progestogen in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(proʊdʒɛstədʒən)
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
Progestogen is a steroid hormone that acts like progesterone, a hormone that prepares the uterus for pregnancy. Progestogen is used in oral contraceptives and to treat gynecological disorders.
Contraceptive pills may contain estrogen and progestogen, or only the latter.
Progesterone is a naturally produced progestogen that prepares the uterus to accept a fertilized egg.
Progestogen is a steroid hormone that acts like progesterone, a hormone that prepares the uterusfor pregnancy.