- estrogen, oestrogen - a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
--1 is a kind of steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone
--1 has particulars:diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES; estradiol, oestradiol; estriol, oestriol; estrone, oestrone, theelin, Estronol; hexestrol; mestranol