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adj
Describing the phase of the menstrual cycle before gestation and after ovulation, during which progesterone is secreted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to progesterone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Similar in action to progesterone; progesterone-like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Encouraging or conducive to gestation (said of hormone levels, for example).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Relating to the time before gestation; pregestational.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adjective
preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From pro- + gestational.
