fenestrel

English

Etymology

From phen- +‎ -estr- (“estrogen”).

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Noun

fenestrel (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen developed as a postcoital contraceptive in the 1960s but was marketed.
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