oestrin

noun

oestrin

noun

UK /ˈiːstɹɪn/

Etymology From oestr(us) + -in.

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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Archaic An oestrogen, specifically oestrone.

Encouraged by his friends Solly Zuckerman and J. B. S. Haldane, Bernal had obtained crystals of calciferol and the female sex hormone oestrin.1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life:

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