Definitions for estrogens

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estrogens es·tro·gen

Spelling: [es-truh-juh n]

IPA: /ˈɛs trə dʒən/

Estrogens is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 405 anagrams from letters in estrogens (eegnorsst).

Definitions for estrogens

noun

1. any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.

Origin of estrogens

First recorded in 1925-30; estr(us) + -o- + -gen

Examples for estrogens

One gal chuckled to me about the nosebleed this shot of estrogen would give even some Grumpy Old Men in her own party.

All 10 girls were in every single day, so there was a lot of estrogen.

With a record number of women—184—running for House and Senate seats this year, Capitol Hill got an injection of estrogen.

In fact, the estrogen that they employed did worse than castrate the subject—it could act as a cerebral depressant.

Orange Is the New Black returns to Netflix with a wildly addictive potion of darkness, estrogen, and one-liners.

It has an enormous dose of estrogen in it, leading to many voluptuous prisoners in New York state prisons.

Manning would likely be prescribed some form of estrogen that would be taken orally, through injection, or by a skin patch.

There was even a weird sexual vibe to the Hillary campaign, driven, as it was, by all that estrogen.

Young people are on estrogen Avenue and Testosterone Boulevard.

Passion could easily be retitled Mad Women, with its sleazy ad biz setting and estrogen overload.