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Definitions of progesterone
  1. noun
    a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

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  • ovary (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
  • ru 486 an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo
  • gregory goodwin pincus United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
  • norethynodrel a progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding
  • progestational of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)
  • secretory phase the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
  • gregory pincus United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
  • pincus United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
  • progestogen any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone
  • luteal phase the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
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