How to Use progestogen in a Sentence

progestogen

noun
  • My options reduced, the progestogen-only pill (POP) was all that was left.
    Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 2020-09-08
  • For Thornton’s lab, this means the estrogen receptor and a related receptor that handles other steroid hormones like androgens, progestogens, and corticosteroids.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2017-09-20
  • Take, for example, menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), which is estrogen (and the addition of a progestogen for women with a uterus to prevent the estrogen from causing endometrial cancer).
    Dr. Jennifer Gunter, Glamour, 2020-10-19

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