| 单词 | progesterone |
| 释义 | progesterone /proh jes"teuh rohn'/, n. 1. Biochem. a hormone, C21H30O2, that prepares the uterus for the fertilized ovum and maintains pregnancy. 2. Pharm. a commercial form of this compound, obtained from the corpus luteum of pregnant sows or synthesized: used in the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhea, threatened or recurrent abortion, etc. [1930-35; b. PROGESTIN and luteosterone ( < G Luteosteron, synonymous with progestin, equiv. to Luteo- LUTEO- (repr. CORPUS LUTEUM) + -steron (see STEROL, -ONE))] |
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