norethindrone

[nawr-eth-in-drohn]

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noun

Pharmacology.

an orally active progestin, C 2 0 H 2 6 O 2 , used as a progesterone, especially as an oral contraceptive in combination with an estrogen.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of norethindrone¹

By shortening and alteration of parts of its chemical name

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Both norethindrone and norethynodrel provided synthetic counterparts of progesterone that overcame that limitation.

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A few months later, the team synthesized a hormone known as norethindrone.

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He developed a synthetic molecule called norethindrone, the effects of which simulated, in stronger form, those of progesterone.

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But women using estrogen with norethindrone or desogesterel at certain doses, for example, had double the risk of both complications compared to non-users.

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No rest for the weary norethynodrel

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