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  • noun Alternative spelling of estradiol.

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  • noun the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer

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Examples

  • In 1936, in collaboration with MacCorquodale and Thayer, he recovered oestradiol from the ovaries of swine and estimated its concentration in the liquor folliculi.

    Edward A. Doisy - Biography 1964

  • Previous research has shown oestradiol, which is similar to testosterone in men, fuels a lust for power with single women and those who are not on the Pill particularly vulnerable to the vagaries of the sex hormone.

    protein wisdom 2009

  • In the male brain, testosterone is converted into oestradiol, which acts on oestrogen receptors and sets the hypothalamus to "male".

    Brain differences male/female aliqot 2008

  • The European Union says meat treated with one hormone, oestradiol, is clearly a health risk.

    EU Meat Hormone Law 2008

  • In the male brain, testosterone is converted into oestradiol, which acts on oestrogen receptors and sets the hypothalamus to "male".

    Archive 2008-07-01 aliqot 2008

  • Ethinyl oestradiol is a synthetic oestrogen and in combination with cyproterone inhibits ovulation by suppressing the mid-cycle peak of the luteinising hormone released from the pituitary gland as well as the follicle-stimulating hormone.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Cyproterone acetate may be used in conjunction with ethinyl oestradiol for the control of idiopathic hirsutism.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Ethinyl oestradiol is a synthetic oestrogen and in combination with cyproterone inhibits ovulation by suppressing the mid-cycle peak of the luteinising hormone released from the pituitary gland as well as the follicle-stimulating hormone.

    Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind 2007

  • Cyproterone acetate may be used in conjunction with ethinyl oestradiol for the control of idiopathic hirsutism.

    Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind 2007

  • Each blister strip of 28 tablets contains 21 active hormonal film-coated tablets, each with 0,035 mg ethinyl oestradiol and 2 mg cyproterone acetate, plus 7 inactive non-hormonal tablets.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

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