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What is a progesterone?

What is a progesterone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
  2. (biochemistry) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products.
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Gastrointestinal bleeding from arterial venous malformations traditionally is treated with combined estrogen and progesterone therapy.
Women have two ovaries in their wombs and are the major source of female hormones, manufacturing oestrogen and progesterone.
You then need to use progesterone pessaries until your periods start again.
The science behind that is a little sketchy, but it could be because they contain zinc, a mineral linked to progesterone and male potency.
In nonpregnant women, the main sites of progesterone biosynthesis are the ovaries and the adrenal cortices.
Ovulation will not occur and there will be no formation of a corpus luteum to secrete progesterone and oestrogen.

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