oestriol

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oestriol

(ˈiːstrɪˌɒl; ˈɛstrɪ-) or

estriol

(Biochemistry) a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: a synthetic form is used to treat oestrogen deficiency. Formula: C18H24O3

[C20: from oestrin + tri- + -ol¹]

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Noun

oestriol - a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency

estriol

estrogen, oestrogen - a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

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Additional discovery of maternal serum biochemical markers associated with Down syndrome and other fetal chromosome abnormalities continued with elevation human chorionic gonadotrophin (phCG) values associated with Down syndrome (28), low maternal blood unconjugated oestriol (29) and the development of the 'triple screening test' for Down syndrome integrating maternal serum AFP, phCG and unconjugated oestriol (30).

Deciding by numbers: the genesis of prenatal serum screening cut-off limits for Down syndrome and neural tube defects

An evaluation of the effects of smoking on maternal oestriol excretion during pregnancy and on fetal outcome.

Impact of active and passive smoking during pregnancy on placental coefficient--a comparative study

The effectiveness of live lactobacilli in combination with low dose oestriol (Gynoglor) to restore the vaginal flora after treatment of vaginal infections.

The Threat of Aerobic Vaginitis to Pregnancy and Neonatal Morbidity

To the Editor: It has been brought to my attention by a troubled patient I am treating that oestrogen cream (combined oestriol and oestradiol) is being prescribed and sold without adequate warnings about its dangerously detrimental effects on the bones of developing children.

Effects of oestrogen on prepubescent children

Antenatal wards were full of women on 24-hour oestriol collection to assess placental function, daily cardiotocographs and four-hourly blood pressure monitoring.

Caring for women and their unborn babies

Some of these hormones, such as the estrogens oestradiol, oestriol and oestrone, and the progestogen progesterone, are produced naturally by the human and animal organism in small quantities by various endocrinal glands under the command of protein hormones released into the bloodstream (CAI, 2011).

Occurrence of female sexual hormones in the Iguazu river basin, Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil/Ocorrencia de hormonios sexuais femininos na bacia do Rio Iguacu, Curitiba, Estado do Parana, Brasil

Maternal serum unconjugated oestriol as an antenatal screening test for Down's syndrome.

Measurement of unconjugated estriol in serum by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and assessment of the accuracy of chemiluminescent immunoassays

Low second trimester maternal serum unconjugated oestriol in pregnancies with Down's syndrome.

Screening for Down syndrome in the United States: results of surveys in 2011 and 2012

An oestrogen ring, cream or suppository can help and a weak natural oestrogen, oestriol, is safe for women who've had an oestrogen-sensitive cancer.