estrogen

名词 n.
/ˈiːstɹəd͡ʒən/    /ˈɛstɹəd͡ʒən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones. countable,uncountable
    — secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).

词形变化

estrogens plural oestrogen alternative,Commonwealth œstrogen alternative,dated

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der.
Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der.
Latin oestrusbor.
English estrus
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English estro-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Hellenic *génos
Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.
French -gènebor.
English -gen
English estrogen
From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).
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