different between progestogen vs quingestanol

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progestogen (plural progestogens)

From Latin quin(que) (“five”) +? -gest- (“steroid, progestogen”) +? [Term?] +? -ol.

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quingestanol (uncountable)

(pharmacology) 3-cyclopentyl norethisterone, a steroidal progestin whose acylated derivative is used as a pharmaceutical drug.

The use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances?^[1], Geneva: World Health Organization, 2018

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