How to Use estrogen in a Sentence

estrogen

noun

• Oral estrogen has been shown to increase risk of blood clots.
  — Nisarg Bakshi, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
• This is because some SARMs can convert to estrogen in the body [17].
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2023
• Menopause often brings about changes in the skin due to reduced estrogen levels.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• Leptin is produced in the fat tissue and plays a role in raising the body’s estrogen levels.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
• Much of this difference seems to be driven by the powers of the hormone estrogen.
  — Cara Ocobock, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2023
• Skin changes The drop in your estrogen levels during menopause can wreak havoc on your skin.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2023
• Because tamoxifen acts like an estrogen in some ways, the risk of blood clots and stroke is increased.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
• Television’s late-night talk shows need a shot of estrogen.
  — David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
• Anastrozole is in the class of medicines called aromatase inhibitors (AIs), which block the body from making estrogen.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
• Excess weight changes hormone levels, adding more estrogen to the male body, Sparks said.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
• With a good amount of estrogen flowing, excess fat is divided up between the breasts, butt, hips, and legs.
  — Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 20 July 2023
• The drug helps prevent breast cancer by blocking estrogen in the breast and other tissues.
  — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2023
• Xulane contains the same high estrogen dose (and the same warning label) as Ortho Evra.
  — Maria Aspan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
• The patch, which typically has a higher dose of estrogen than the Pill, can up your risk of blood clots, heart attack, stroke, and high blood pressure, says Dr. Bryant.
  — Emily Shiffer, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2022
• There are several types of testosterone There’s testosterone for men and estrogen for women and those are the two big hormones, right? Not quite.
  — Ben Radding, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
• The estrogen receptor—the protein that estrogen binds to in order to do its work—is deeply ancient.
  — Cara Ocobock, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2023
• This is related to the plummeting levels of estrogen in the brain with perimenopause and menopause.
  — Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022
• These drugs block the body from producing estrogen and progesterone, which cause the uterine lining to build up.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 20 June 2023
• Like the Pill and the patch, the vaginal ring—a rubbery circle that looks a bit like a hair tie—works by blocking ovulation with estrogen and progesterone.
  — Emily Shiffer, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2022
• So Rainey drives around 170 miles round trip every six months to get a supply of estrogen from a clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, to take home with her.
  — Helen Santoro, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2023
• This is a low-dose hormone therapy that replaces some of the estrogen that’s lost during the menopausal transition.
  — Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
• Prior to menopause, women tend to have much higher estrogen levels than men.
  — Markham Heid, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
• It has been proven that eating soy foods will not increase estrogen or decrease testosterone.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 22 June 2022
• Levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone drop, which causes the thickened lining of your uterus to shed and may lead to cramping and bloating.
  — Kristin Canning, Women's Health, 10 May 2023
• Pathology tests found that the cancer may have been present in her body for 10 years and could have very well been connected to the high amounts of estrogen she was given to combat fibroids.
  — Essence, 9 June 2022
• Menopause usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55 as the body slowly produces less of the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
• Specifically, some work has found that estrogen receptors in the lining of the bladder might play a role in the formation of cancer cells.
  — Markham Heid, Time, 15 Nov. 2022
• Women in the menopausal range will have decreasing levels of estrogen, but still some residual amounts.
  — Time, 1 Dec. 2022
• In fact, a study of multiple different bee species found that pollen did not interact with estrogen receptors in the lab, says Dr. Rodgers.
  — Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2023
• Age can also play a role: As estrogen levels decrease between childbearing age and menopause, our hair may thin out.
  — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024