ethisterone
/ɪˈθɪstərəʊn/Pharmacology
noun
A synthetic steroid hormone, C21H28O2, which has both androgenic and progestational activity.
- The first synthetic progestogen, ethisterone has been largely superseded by related substances such as norethisterone (norethindrone)..
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Lancet. From ethi- + -sterone.
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