Wondering how to use Progestin in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as progestogen or steroid.
Progestin meaning
A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
Synonyms of Progestin
Using Progestin
- The main meaning on this page is: A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
- Useful related words include: progestogen, steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone.
- In the example corpus, progestin often appears in combinations such as: and progestin, progestin as, hormone progestin.
Context around Progestin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Progestin
- In this selection, "progestin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hormone, clinic, 122 and levonorgestrel stand out and add context to how "progestin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after using progestin only ecps and citation the progestin only regimen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "progestin" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with progestin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Opill is a "mini-pill" that uses only the hormone progestin. (11 words)
Progestin does cause water retention, which could lead to a bloating feeling. (12 words)
The Cleveland Clinic progestin as a form of progesterone that is made by humans. (14 words)
Since there is more than one progestin-only pill on the market, it’s possible that Opill may not be the one your plan picks to cover, said Mara Gandal-Powers, director of birth control access at the National Women’s Law Center. (43 words)
ECPs, like all other contraceptives, reduce the absolute risk of ectopic pregnancy by preventing pregnancies and there is no increase in the relative risk of ectopic pregnancy in women who become pregnant after using progestin-only ECPs. (37 words)
Hormone replacement therapy main In the context of the menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the use of estrogen in women without a uterus and estrogen plus progestin in women who have an intact uterus. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
Opill is a "mini-pill" that uses only the hormone progestin.
Since there is more than one progestin-only pill on the market, it’s possible that Opill may not be the one your plan picks to cover, said Mara Gandal-Powers, director of birth control access at the National Women’s Law Center.
Opill is an older class of contraceptives, sometimes called minipills, that contain a single synthetic hormone, progestin.
The Cleveland Clinic progestin as a form of progesterone that is made by humans.
Progestin does cause water retention, which could lead to a bloating feeling.
The progestin in the gel is a new, pure form of the hormone developed by the Population Council, a research institute based in New York.
Another study found that UPA altered the endometrium, but whether this change would inhibit implantation is unknown. 82 p. 122: Progestin-only emergency contraceptive pills.
Early treatment with ECPs containing only the progestin levonorgestrel has been show to impair the ovulatory process and luteal function. 83–87 p. 123: Combined emergency contraceptive pills.
ECPs, like all other contraceptives, reduce the absolute risk of ectopic pregnancy by preventing pregnancies and there is no increase in the relative risk of ectopic pregnancy in women who become pregnant after using progestin-only ECPs.
Hormone replacement therapy main In the context of the menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the use of estrogen in women without a uterus and estrogen plus progestin in women who have an intact uterus.
Progestin-only contraceptives are known to worsen the condition of women who are already depressed.
The short half-life did not matter in the early, high-dose pills but as doses of progestin were decreased in the more modern pills, problems with unscheduled spotting and bleeding became more common.
Use of emergency contraceptive pills would reduce this number by 75 percent, to 20 women. citation The progestin-only regimen (using levonorgestrel) is reported by the U.S. FDA to have an 89% effectiveness.
Common combinations with progestin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and progestin 2×
- progestin as 2×
- hormone progestin 2×
- the progestin 2×
- progestin in 2×