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  • noun biochemistry The steroid hormone estrone.

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  • noun a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek thēlus, female; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots + –in.]

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