different between hormonal vs levonorgestrel

English

Etymology

hormone +? -al

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h???mo?n?l/

Adjective

hormonal (comparative more hormonal, superlative most hormonal)

1. (biochemistry) Pertaining to hormones.
2. (colloquial) Of or pertaining to the menstrual cycle.
3. Strongly affected by one's hormones.

   a hormonal teenage boy

Translations

French

Adjective

hormonal (feminine singular hormonale, masculine plural hormonaux, feminine plural hormonales)

1. hormonal

Further reading

• “hormonal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Adjective

hormonal (not comparable)

1. hormonal

Related terms

• hormon
• hormonic

Portuguese

Adjective

hormonal m or f (plural hormonais, comparable)

1. hormonal

Romanian

Etymology

From French hormonal

Adjective

hormonal m or n (feminine singular hormonal?, masculine plural hormonali, feminine and neuter plural hormonale)

1. hormonal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

hormonal (plural hormonales)

1. hormonal

Related terms

• hormona f

Further reading

• “hormonal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From levo- +? norgestrel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?li?.v??.n???d???.st?l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?li.v?.n???d???.st??l/

Noun

levonorgestrel (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.

Related terms

• dexnorgestrel

References

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