different between hormonal vs pyometra

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 the Ancient Greek ???? (púon, “pus”) and ????? (m?tra, “uterus”).

Noun

pyometra (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An infection of the uterus most commonly seen in dogs, but also occasionally in other small mammals, resulting from hormonal and structural changes in the lining of the uterus.

Derived terms

• pyometric
• close pyometra
• open pyometra

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