progestational agent

progestational agent
any of a group of hormones secreted by the corpus luteum and placenta and in small amounts by the adrenal cortex, including progesterone; they induce the formation of a secretory endometrium. Many are now also produced synthetically, and their uses include contraception, hormone replacement therapy, and treatment of menstrual disorders, of endometriosis, of infertility, of hormonally responsive carcinomas, and of anorexia and significant weight loss associated with AIDS or cancer. Called also gestagen, progestagen, progestin, progestogen, and progestational hormone.

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