Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

estrogenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: es-tro-ge-n-e-sis
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Production of estrogen.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dr. PINCUS : […] I wish I could give you some information about estrogens, but as Dr. Dorfman will testify our attempts thus far have not led to the finding of much estrogen in adrenal perfusates. We cannot therefore tell you really about any influences on estrogenesis except that occasionally you get estrogen produced by the ..."
"Patterns of fetal ovarian estrogenesis and events associated with feminization of genital primordia are not obviously related. […] days 50 to 59 suggests a causal relationship between this event and onset of ovarian estrogen production (21)."

Etymology

From estro- + genesis.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does estrogenesis mean?: Production of estrogen.
Where does estrogenesis come from?: From estro- + genesis.

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