Synonyms for estrogen
ˈɛs trə dʒənes·tro·gen

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1. estrogen, oestrogennoun

   a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

   Synonyms:
   oestrogen

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1. List of paraphrases for "estrogen":

   estrogens, estrogenic

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1. Oliver Hall:

   Doctors don't have a lot of knowledge about trans bodies, and that's where we might get people being misinformed about the risk of pregnancy on [ hormone replacement therapy ], or even people who are on estrogen or on hormone blockers are sometimes misinformed about their ability to impregnate, that's the result of institutional transphobia not prioritizing knowledge about trans bodies.

2. Alyssa Dweck:

   It can also be the result of the normal drop in estrogen levels after childbirth, during breastfeeding, or as you approach perimenopause and menopause.

3. Nikita Shah:

   The way tamoxifen works is you’re depriving your cancer cells of estrogen, which is their nutrition, so that will only work for the cancers that are estrogen-fed or progesterone-fed.

4. James Woods:

   For people who ca n’t take estrogen into their system, this is a huge advantage for them, because it brings them back to more of a normal life.

5. Marla Shapiro:

   There are many different options that are available now, local therapies both estrogen and non-estrogen therapies, women need to talk to their health care provider in terms of what it’s providing and what it can do for them.