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- noun biochemistry The
steroid hormone progesterone . - noun biochemistry Any of a class of
synthetic hormones which produce effects similar to progesterone (the only natural progestagen) and have antiestrogenic and antigonadotropic properties.
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Examples
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Progestin/progestagen = a substance natural or synthetic that acts like progesterone
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Now today zoo officials say they have detected a rise in Mei's progestagen levels, which means we're now just 40 to 50 days away from discovering whether it worked.
DCist Sommer Mathis 2010
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Amoxicillin, penicillin, heparin and warfarin, And oestrogen, progestagen and Canesten and chloroquine.
WN.com - Articles related to Freedom to set prices key for UK drugs industry 2010
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Amoxicillin, penicillin, heparin and warfarin, And oestrogen, progestagen and Canesten and chloroquine.
WN.com - Articles related to Freedom to set prices key for UK drugs industry 2010
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Mr. Carl Djerassi, now 85 years old, was one of three researchers whose formulation of the synthetic progestagen Norethisterone marked a key step in the creation of the first oral contraceptive pill, the Guardian reports.
Latest Articles 2009
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One female (Sao) inseminated with frozen-thawed semen showed signs of pregnancy by increasing progestagen levels and a fetus was observed for 5 months by transrectal ultrasonography.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Nikorn Thongtip 2009
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Mr. Carl Djerassi, now 85 years old, was one of three researchers whose formulation of the synthetic progestagen Norethisterone marked a key step in the creation of the first oral contraceptive pill, the Guardian reports.
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Pregnancy was detected using transrectal ultrasonography and serum progestagen measurement.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Nikorn Thongtip 2009
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Mr. Carl Djerassi, now 85 years old, was one of three researchers whose formulation of the synthetic progestagen Norethisterone marked a key step in the creation of the first oral contraceptive pill, the Guardian reports.
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Mr. Carl Djerassi, now 85 years old, was one of three researchers whose formulation of the synthetic progestagen Norethisterone marked a key step in the creation of the first oral contraceptive pill, the Guardian reports.
Spero News 2009
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