progestogen

• progestagen

From pro- + Latin gestō (“to bear, to carry”) + English -o- + -gen. First attested in 1941.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstədʒən
• Hyphenation: pro‧ges‧to‧gen

progestogen (plural progestogens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) The steroid hormone progesterone.

   Synonym: gestagen

2. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a class of synthetic hormones which produce effects similar to progesterone (the only natural progestogen) and have antiestrogenic and antigonadotropic properties.

   Synonym: gestagen

• “progestogen”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “progestogen”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “progestogen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “progestogen, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.