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pro·ges·tin       [proh-jes-tin] Pronunciation Key
–noun Pharmacology.
any substance having progesteronelike activity.
Also called progestogen.


[Origin: 1925–30; pro-1 + gest(ation) + -in2]
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pro·ges·tin       (prō-jěs'tĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A natural or synthetic progestational substance that mimics some or all of the actions of progesterone.
  2. A crude hormone of the corpus luteum from which progesterone can be isolated in pure form. No longer in scientific use.


[pro-1 + gest(ation) + -in.]

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progestin

noun
any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone 

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progestin pro·ges·tin (prō-jěs'tĭn)
n.

  1. A natural or synthetic progestational substance that mimics some or all of the actions of progesterone.
  2. A crude hormone of the corpus luteum from which progesterone can be isolated in pure form. No longer in technical use.

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