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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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Postpartum interval was calculated by the determination of plasma progesterone concentrations.
Topical wild yam preparations, which contain diosgenin, and progesterone creams were tested.
Women have two ovaries in their wombs and are the major source of female hormones, manufacturing oestrogen and progesterone.
During pregnancy, the amount of two female hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, increases.
You then need to use progesterone pessaries until your periods start again.
In contrast to the estrogens, progesterone has no apparent effect on liver function.

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