different between estrogen vs phytoestrogen

English

Alternative forms

• oestrogen (UK)
• œstrogen (UK)

Etymology

From estrus +? -gen (“a producer of”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st??d??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?st??d???n/

Noun

estrogen (countable and uncountable, plural estrogens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

Derived terms

Related terms

• estrogenemia
• estrogenic
• estrogenism

Translations

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Czech

Noun

estrogen m

1. estrogen

Further reading

• estrogen in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Polish

Etymology

From English estrogen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??str?.??n/

Noun

estrogen m inan

1. estrogen (steroid hormone)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjectives) estrogenowy, estrogenny

Further reading

• estrogen in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• estrogen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French oestrogène.

Noun

estrogen n (plural estrogene)

1. estrogen

Declension

English

Etymology

From phyto- +? estrogen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??.t???i?.st??d??.n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fa?.to???.st??d??.?n/

Noun

phytoestrogen (plural phytoestrogens)

1. (biochemistry) A substance found in certain plants (such as genistein) which can produce effects like that of the hormone estrogen when ingested into the body.

Hypernyms

• xenoestrogen

Hyponyms

• isoflavone

Translations

References

• “phytoestrogen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “phytoestrogen”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).