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Definition of: estrogen
(es′trə·jən) noun Biochem.
Any of several hormones found in the ovarian fluids of the mammalian female and exercising a more or less specific and critical influence on the sexual cycle: also called oestrin. [<ESTRUS + -GEN]
—es′tro·gen′ic adjective
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