progestogen
/prəˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən//proʊˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/
构词拆解
- pro-
- agreeing with; supporting; favouring · substituting for
- -o-
- A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
词源说明
释义
名词noun
- 1(biochemistry, steroids) The steroid hormone progesterone.
- 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