Similar words: estrogen, nitrogen, iatrogenic, nitrogenous, nitrogen oxide, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen fixation. Meaning: ['əstrədʒən /'ɪːs-] 
n. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics.
n. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics. 
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(31) This might be because large breasts signal a good supply of oestrogen , and one effect of oestrogen is to make more permeable the zona pellucida, the membrane of the egg.
(32) Skakkabaek points out that animal experiments have shown that Bisphenol A is a weak oestrogen that can accelerate pubertal development in mice.
(33) Oestrogen alone increases the risk of endometrial cancer, which affects the lining of the womb.
(34) Fixing sewage works to prevent them from spewing out oestrogen should therefore help fairly rapidly.
(35) Women run twice their normal risk of breast cancer while taking the combined form of oestrogen and progestagen (though the extra risk goes away once they stop).
(36) These tumours are stimulated to grow by the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone.
(37) These chemicals can have similar effects to the human hormone oestrogen.
(38) People flush alot of oestrogen the toilet. Some is natural.
More similar words: estrogen, nitrogen, iatrogenic, nitrogenous, nitrogen oxide, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen fixation, androgen, progeny, hydrogen, oestrus, progenitor, urogenital, hydrogen ion, neurogenesis, hydrogen bond, hydrogen bomb, heterogenous, shoestring, heterogeneous, hydrogenation, heterogeneity, chondrogenesis, progesterone, gastroesophageal, astrologer, maestro, destroy, bestrode.