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PROGESTERONE


origination date: 18/09/2000
originator: Carlos
subject field: medicine: body-part
check date: 28/08/2001
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAHORMONE
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
BODY-PART
HORMONE
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY
RELATIONSDESCRIBED-BY : PROGESTERONE-RECEPTOR-TEST


English
progesteroneterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: mass
reliability code: 10
definition: female sexual hormone which is responsible for uterine and bodily changes before conception. Synthesised progesterone is used to prevent endometrial build-up, which may occasionally lead to cancer. (en)
hydroxyprogesterone caproatepart of speech: noun
number: mass
reliability code: 10
term type: synonym
definition: see progesterone (en)

Spanish
progesteronaorigination date: 18/09/2000
originator: Carlos
term type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: hormona sexual femenina causante de los cambios en el útero y el cuerpo antes de la concepción. La progesterona sintetizada se utiliza para prevenir el desarrollo del endometrio, que puede ocasinalmente degenerar en cáncer. (es)