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- noun British Alternative spelling of
estrogen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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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Examples
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If I develop symptoms, I was planning on increasing my intake of foods that contain oestrogen ... but then a friend said that would be no different to HRT ... except I wouldn't know exactly how much I was taking ...
Oprah's Talking Hormones aka TBTAM 2009
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The ovaries also produce two important female hormones called oestrogen and progesterone.
Chapter 5 1995
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An aggressive and relapse-prone disease roughly accounting for around 20% of all breast cancers, mTNBC tumors lack the proteins commonly screened for and targeted by breast cancer therapies - namely oestrogen, progesterone and HER2.
unknown title 2011
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A girl's BMI at the age of seven also drove the risk of so-called oestrogen receptive negative tumours, where the outcome is often less favourable than other cancer types, said the study.
My Sinchew - phuijee 2010
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A girl's BMI at the age of seven also dictates the risk of so-called oestrogen receptive negative tumours, where the outcome is often less favourable than other cancer types, said the study.
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A girl's BMI at the age of seven also drove the risk of so-called oestrogen receptive negative tumours, where the outcome is often less favourable than other cancer types, said the study.
The Times of India 2010
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A girl's BMI at the age of seven also drove the risk of so-called oestrogen receptive negative tumours, where the outcome is often less favourable than other cancer types, said the study.
The Times of India 2010
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A girl's BMI at the age of seven also drove the risk of so-called oestrogen receptive negative tumours, where the outcome is often less favourable than other cancer types, said the study.
My Sinchew - phuijee 2010
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The theory is that alcohol changes the levels of hormones in the body, boosting oestrogen, which is known to stimulate the growth of breast cancers.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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A girl's BMI at the age of seven also drove the risk of so-called oestrogen receptive negative tumours, where the outcome is often less favourable than other cancer types, said the study.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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