estrone
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- noun
- /ˈɛstrən/
- Specialized
:
estrona
- Estrone is often used in hormone replacement therapy to alleviate symptoms of estrogen deficiency in women.
- estrone plus estradiol
- estrogens (estrone
Examples
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The body's fat tissues produce estrone, which is essential for stimulating the growth of the uterine lining.
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After incubation, we measure the presence of authentic radiolabeled estrogen (3H-estrone and 3H-estradiol) in the homogenate.
Academic text (1994) -
This whole lack of "semen" (estrone, cortisol, prolactin, oxytocin, and serotonin; a sleep enhancer, melatonin) had never occurred to me.
Blog text (25) -
Within the peripheral adipose tissue, androgens are aromatized to estradiol and androstenedione to estrone; therefore, obese males have increased estrogen levels.
Academic text (2015) -
In women, estrone levels can fluctuate and affect various functions within the reproductive system.
Synonyms
A weak natural female hormone that the ovary makes and doctors use when hormone levels are low
How Estrogenic
Surface Forms
Morphology
estrone = estrus (opaque) = estr + one
The combining form 'estr-' is not a standalone English morpheme and '-one' is a specialised chemical suffix; the technical name 'estrone' denotes a specific hormone and is not derivable by typical learners from its parts.
Etymology
The word estrone comes from the same root as estrogen, with estr- from a Greek word meaning 'strong desire' and the chemical ending -one that shows it is a type of chemical. So estrone is a kind of estrogen hormone made mainly in the ovaries and used in medicine.