oestrin

English

Alternative forms

estrin (US)

Etymology

From oestr(us) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːstɹɪn/

Noun

oestrin (countable and uncountable, plural oestrins)

(biochemistry, now rare) An oestrogen, specifically oestrone.
- 1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life:
  Encouraged by his friends Solly Zuckerman and J. B. S. Haldane, Bernal had obtained crystals of calciferol and the female sex hormone oestrin.

Anagrams

Orients, in store, instore, iterons, nitrose, noirest, norites, orients, sterino, stonier, tersion, tries on, triones

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