oestrin

English

Alternative forms

• estrin (US)

Etymology

From oestr(us) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːstɹɪn/

Noun

oestrin (countable and uncountable, plural oestrins)

1. (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