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n. - Female hormone obtained from the urine of pregnant mare or sythesized for the treatment of menopausal symptoms.

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  • In 1936, in collaboration with MacCorquodale and Thayer, he recovered oestradiol from the ovaries of swine and estimated its concentration in the liquor folliculi.
  • The European Union says meat treated with one hormone, oestradiol, is clearly a health risk.
  • Cyproterone acetate may be used in conjunction with ethinyl oestradiol for the control of idiopathic hirsutism.
  • In the male brain, testosterone is converted into oestradiol, which acts on oestrogen receptors and sets the hypothalamus to "male".
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