progesterone

Meaning of progesterone

noun
  1. A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
  2. (steroid drug) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products.

Information about progesterone

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of progesterone is: progesterones.
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Hyphenation of progesterone

pro-ges-terone

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 12 letters.
  • progesterone is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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