estriol

• oestriol (UK)

Blend of estratriene +‎ triol.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛˌstɹaɪˌɔl/

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estriol (countable and uncountable, plural estriols)

1. (American spelling, biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that is a glycol C₁₈H₂₄O₃ found in the body chiefly as a metabolite of estradiol, is the main estrogen secreted by the placenta during pregnancy, and is the estrogen typically found in the urine of pregnant women.

   Synonym: theelol

• “estriol”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Lorties, Storlie, loiters, toilers, trioles

Borrowed from French oestriol.

estriol m (plural estrioli)

1. estriol

• estriol in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN