different between synthetic vs progestagen

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

• progestogen

Noun

progestagen (plural progestagens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) The steroid hormone progesterone.
2. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a class of synthetic hormones which produce effects similar to progesterone (the only natural progestagen) and have antiestrogenic and antigonadotropic properties.

Synonyms

• gestagen

See also

• birth control
• progestin