female steroid sex hormone which prepares the uterus for child-bearing, 1935, from German Progesteron, from progestin (from which substance it was obtained), which had been coined 1930 from pro- (see pro-) + Latin gestare, literally "to carry about" (see gestation), on notion of "substance which favors gestation." Also see -one.
实用例句
1. If the egg is not fertilised oestrogen and progesterone decrease.
如果卵细胞没有受精，雌激素和黄体荷尔蒙就会下降。
来自柯林斯例句
2. All the sex hoymones, e . g. estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone, are steroids.
所有的性激素, 例如雌激素 、 黄体酮和睾酮都是类固酮.
来自辞典例句
3. All the sex hormones, e . g . estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone, are steroids.
所有的性激素, 例如雌激素, 黄体酮和睾酮都是类固醇.
来自辞典例句
4. Blood progesterone remains constant throughout pregnancy in the eve.
牛和绵羊血液孕酮含量在全妊娠期保持不变.
来自辞典例句
5. It performs both an exocrine ( egg release ) and endocrine ( estrogen and progesterone secretion ) function.
