Usually means: Synthetic hormone resembling natural progesterone.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. progestin: Merriam-Webster
  2. progestin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. progestin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. progestin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. progestin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Progestin, progestin: Wordnik
  7. progestin: Wiktionary
  8. progestin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. progestin: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. progestin: Dictionary.com
  11. Progestin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. progestin: Rhymezone
  13. progestin: FreeDictionary.org
  14. progestin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. progestin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. progestin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Progestin: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Progestin: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. progestin: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  8. progestin: Medical dictionary
  9. Progestin: Drug Medical Dictionary
  10. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See progestins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (progestin)

noun:  (chemistry) A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.

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