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What does progestin mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
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Headache is the symptom most commonly reported either with estrogen plus progestin treatment or with mifepristone alone.
Increased concentration levels of cortisol have been associated with significant increases in gonadotrophin levels and lowered progestin levels.
Effect of estrogen plus progestin on risk for biliary tract surgery in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease.
The most common form of hormone therapy, oestrogen plus a progestin, has been shown to increase the risk of breast cancer.
Women in both groups will also wear a patch that delivers estrogen and take tablets containing the hormone progestin.
He had developed a pill, containing synthetically produced versions of the hormones oestrogen and progestin, which would suppress ovulation apparently without side-effects.

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