different between synthetic vs estradiol

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.

English

Alternative forms

• oestradiol (British)
• E2 (abbreviation)

Etymology

From estra(triene) +? diol.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??.st???da???l/

Noun

estradiol (countable and uncountable, plural estradiols)

1. (American spelling, biochemistry, pharmacology) A natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic alcohol estra-1,3,5-triene-3,17-diol (C₁₈H₂₄O₂) secreted chiefly by the ovaries of all vertebrates, that is a major and the most potent of the naturally occurring estrogens; the semisynthetic esterified compound is used medicinally to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer.

Translations

Derived terms

• estradiol benzoate
• estradiol undecylate
• estradiol valerate

References

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

Anagrams

• idolastre, idolaters, steroidal

Romanian

Etymology

From French oestradiol.

Noun

estradiol m (plural estradioli)

1. estradiol

Declension