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synthetic

English

Etymology

From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sunthetikós).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: s?nth?t'?k, IPA(key): /s?n???t?k/

Adjective

synthetic (comparative more synthetic, superlative most synthetic)

  1. Of, or relating to synthesis.
  2. (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
  3. Artificial, not genuine.
  4. (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
  5. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

synthetic (plural synthetics)

  1. A synthetic compound.

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cyproterone

English

Etymology

From cy(clo)- +? pro(ges)terone.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /sa??p?o?.t???o?n/

Noun

cyproterone (countable and uncountable, plural cyproterones)

  1. (pharmacology) A synthetic steroid C22H27ClO3 that inhibits the action and secretion of testosterone by blocking the activity of androgen receptors.

Derived terms

  • cyproterone acetate
  • -terone (antiandrogen)

References

  • “cyproterone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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