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estradiol

estradiol

2 7.9
A strong female sex hormone that controls body changes and doctors use as medicine
  • noun
  • /ˌɛstrəˈdaɪɔl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estradiol
  • Converted from testosterone, estradiol serves as the main bioactive form of estrogen in men.
  • bioavailable estradiol
  • levels of estradiol
  • estradiol hormone

That's because you're losing estradiol, and estradiol kept you insulin sensitive.

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Examples

  • Two recent studies in humans have shown reliable associations between estradiol and dominance.

    Blog text (28)
  • We also investigated the effects of total estradiol and calculated the free estradiol index (FEI).

    Academic text (2016)
  • So I look at that, I look at estradiol in both men and women.

  • The difference is the pharmaceutical company has studied how to give that estradiol to you in a reliable dosing manner.

  • That's because you're losing estradiol, and estradiol kept you insulin sensitive.

  • We have also examined the effects of castration on circulating estradiol levels in adult male zebra finches.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Indeed, increased estradiol levels have only been reported in extremely obese men, suggesting that increased estradiol contributes to the development of hypogonadism only in extremely obese men.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In one study, Stanton and Schultheiss (2007) examined links between estradiol and implicit power motivation.

    Blog text (28)
  • Aromatase converts testosterone to estradiol, which has an inhibitory effect on the production of LH in the pituitary gland.

    Academic text (2018)
  • During a woman's reproductive years, estradiol levels fluctuate with her menstrual cycle.

Compounds

estradiol patch
  • Specialized
6.3

A small sticky medicine you put on your skin to replace the female hormone estradiol

How Estrogenic

estradiol
  • Specialized
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estriol
  • Specialized
1 9.9
estrone
  • Specialized
1 9.5

Surface Forms

estradiol singular
estradiols plural

Etymology

Estradiol comes from the hormone family estrogen, plus di- meaning 'two' and -ol meaning 'alcohol' (as in ethanol). So estradiol is named for being an estrogen with two 'alcohol' parts, which helps explain why it is a main, powerful natural female hormone.