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es•tri•ol
(es′trē ôl′, -ol′, -trī-),USA pronunciation n.
- Biochemistryan estrogenic hormone, C18H21(OH)3, occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Drugs[Pharm.]a commercial form of this compound, obtained from human placentas or the urine of pregnant women, used in conditions involving estrogen deficiency.
- es(trin) + tri- + -ol1 1930–35