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preg — com·preg; com·preg·nate; im·preg; im·preg·na·bil·i·ty; im·preg·na·tion; im·preg·na·tor; pa·preg; preg·na·ble; preg·nance; preg·nan·cy; preg·nane; preg·nant·ly; preg·nate; preg·nene; preg·nen·in·o·lone; preg·nen·o·lone; preg·gers; pre·preg;… … English syllables
nane — bor·nane; cis·rhe·nane; no·nane; pi·nane; preg·nane; sab·i·nane; stan·nane; trans·rhe·nane; nane; … English syllables
pregnane — preg·nane … English syllables
pregnane — Parent hydrocarbon of two series of steroids stemming from 5α p. (originally allopregnane) and 5β p. (17β ethyletiocholane). 5β P. is the parent of the progesterones, p. alcohols, ketones, and several adrenocortical hormones and is found largely… … Medical dictionary
pregnanediol — 5β Pregnane 3α,20α diol; the chief steroid metabolite of progesterone that is biologically inactive and occurs as p. glucuronate in the urine. * * * preg·nane·di·ol dī .ȯl n a biologically inactive crystalline dihydroxy derivative C21H36O2 of… … Medical dictionary
pregnanetriol — 5β Pregnane 3α,17α,20α triol; a urinary metabolite of 17 hydroxyprogesterone and a precursor in the biosynthesis of cortisol; its excretion is enhanced in certain diseases of the adrenal cortex and following administration of corticotropin. * * * … Medical dictionary
allopregnanediol — al·lo·preg·nane·di·ol (al″o preg″nān diґol) an isomer of pregnanediol occurring in female urine … Medical dictionary
