estrogen
noun/ˈiːstrədʒən/
/ˈestrədʒən/
(North American English) (British English oestrogen)
[uncountable]- a hormone produced in women’s ovaries that causes them to develop the physical and sexual features that are characteristic of females and that causes them to prepare their body to have babies compare progesterone, testosterone
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