MESTRANOL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A synthetic form of estrogen used in combination with a progestin in oral contraceptives

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mestranol" is a kind of...):

estrogen; oestrogen (a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics)

Holonyms ("mestranol" is a substance of...):

Enovid (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel)

Norinyl (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol)

Ovulen (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound)

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