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Oestrogen English Etymology   See Estrogen Oxford Advanced Learner's

Title oestrogen
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English Etymology
oestrogen
  see estrogen.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
oestrogen
oes·tro·gen 5i:strEdVEn / (BrE(NAmE es·tro·gen / 5es- / ) noun[U]
   a 
hormone
 produced in women's 
ovaries
 that causes them to develop the physical and sexual features that are characteristic of females and that causes them to prepare their body to have babies
   雌激素
 compare 
progesterone
 , 
testosterone
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
oestrogen
variant of 
estrogen

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