progesterone

See also: progestérone

English

Etymology

From pro- (“supporting”) +‎ Latin gestāre (“to bear, to carry”) +‎ -one (“a ketone”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛstəɹəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛstəˌɹoʊn/

Noun

progesterone (plural progesterones)

1. (biochemistry, steroids, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
2. (biochemistry, steroids, countable) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products.

Derived terms

• dihydroprogesterone
• tetrahydroprogesterone
• progestational
• progesteronic

Translations

the steroid hormone

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黃體酮／黄体酮 (wong⁴ tai² tung⁴)

• Czech: progesteron m
• Finnish: progesteroni (fi), keltarauhashormoni
• French: progestérone (fr) m
• German: Progesteron (de) n
• Italian: progesterone (it) m
• Japanese: プロゲステロン (purogesuteron)
• Kazakh: прогестерон (progesteron)
• Maori: taiaki tūmua
• Persian: پروژسترون (fa) (perožesteron)
• Portuguese: progesterona
• Spanish: progesterona f
• Swedish: progesteron (sv) n
• Turkish: progesteron (tr)

synthetic version of the compound

Italian

Noun

progesterone m (plural progesteroni)

1. progesterone

Related terms

• progestina
• progestinico