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Estrogen

LC control no.sh 85045012
LC classificationQP572.E85
Topical headingEstrogen
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Variant(s)Oestrogen
See alsoHormones, Sex
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Anti-estrogenic diet
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Found inEffects of trace organics on fish, phase 2: p. 9 (Whilst the identity of the oestrogens in sewage effluent ... the synthetic oestrogen present in the contraceptive pill)
Web. 3 (Estrogen also oestrogen: a sex hormone (as estradiol, estriol, estrone) produced esp. in the ovaries and usu. characterized by its ability to promote estrus)
Black's med. dict., 1992: p. 422 (Oestrogen is the term applied to any substance that will induce oestrus or "heat")