progestational — 1. Favoring pregnancy; conducive to gestation; capable of stimulating the uterine changes essential for implantation and growth of a fertilized ovum. 2. Referring to progesterone, or to a drug with progesterone like properties. * * *… … Medical dictionary
progestational hormone — 1. progesterone. 2. see under agent … Medical dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
Progestin-induced virilisation — Maternal use of androgens or high doses of certain weakly androgenic synthetic progestogens (progestins) structurally related to testosterone can masculinize (virilize) the external genitalia of a female fetus during susceptible times in… … Wikipedia
Progesterone — A female hormone, progesterone is the principal progestational hormone. Progestational hormones prepare the uterus (the womb) to receive and sustain the fertilized egg. * * * An antiestrogenic steroid, believed to be the active principle of the… … Medical dictionary
lynestrenol — A progestational agent, used with mestranol as an oral contraceptive. SYN: ethinylestrenol. * * * lyn·es·tre·nol lin es trə .nȯl, .nōl n a progestational steroid C20H28O used esp. in birth control pills * * * lyn·es·tre·nol (lin esґtrə nol) … Medical dictionary
norethindrone — A potent orally effective progestational agent with some estrogenic and androgenic activity; used as a substitute for progesterone and, in combination with an estrogen, as an oral contracepti … Medical dictionary
progestogen — 1. Any agent capable of producing biologic effects similar to those of progesterone; most progestogens are steroids like the natural hormones. 2. A synthetic derivative from testosterone or progesterone that has some of the physiologic activity… … Medical dictionary
megestrol acetate — A synthetic progestin with progestational effects similar to those of progesterone; current uses include palliation in breast cancer and as an appetite stimulant in advanced malignancy. * * * me·ges·trol acetate me jes .trȯl … Medical dictionary
melengestrol acetate — A progestational agent. * * * mel·en·ges·trol acetate .mel ən jes .trȯl , .trōl n a progestational and antineoplastic agent C25H32O4 that has been used as a growth stimulating feed additive for beef cattle * * * mel·en·ges·trol ac·e·tate (mel… … Medical dictionary
