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PROGESTATIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
gestation (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
progesterone (a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy)
