Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

estrogen

/ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: es-tro-gen
IPA: /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968)."
"It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450ₐᵣₒ), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3)."
"Amies Oelschlager said in a statement that oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may cause side effects such as headaches, nausea, and breast tenderness."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der. Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der. Latin oestrusbor. English estrus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English estro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English estrogen From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/
British English: /ˈiːstɹəd͡ʒən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

estrogens (plural) oestrogen (alternative, Commonwealth) œstrogen (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

antiestrogen antiestrogenic antioestrogen archiestrogen estrogel estrogened estrogenemia estrogenic estrogenism estrogenization estrogenized estrogenlike

Frequently Paired Words

estrogenemia estrogenic estrogenism

Synonyms

E estro oestrogen

Questions

How do you pronounce estrogen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/.
What does estrogen mean?: Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
Where does estrogen come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der. Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der. Latin oestrusbor. English estrus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English estro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English estrogen From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).

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